Information About

Knife Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 22' 23.002" N,
155 ° 21' 56.999" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Elevation

787 ft (239.88 m)

Knife Creek in Detail.

About

on Alaska Peninsula, heads at central terminus of The Knife Creek Glaciers flows NW to River Lethe at Three Forks, in Katmai National Monument, 16 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range

History

Named in 1922 by R. F. Griggs, National Geographic Society, after Knife Peak (now called Mount Griggs), which overlooks the peak on the north.

Topo Maps

Mt Katmai (1948), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mt Katmai (1951), Mount Katmai B-5 (1951), Mount Katmai B-5 (1953),
Places Near Knife Creek
Cities:

Savonoski,

Lakes:

Iliuk Arm Naknek Lake,

Mountains:

Baked Mountain, Mount Cerberus, Falling Mountain, Mount Ikagluik, Mount Juhle, Mount Katolinat, Mount La Gorce, Mount Mageik, Novarupta,

Mountain Passes:

Katmai Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Buttress Range,

Rivers:

River Lethe, Savonoski River, Ukak River,

Streams:

Ikagluik Creek, Knife Creek, Margot Creek, Windy Creek,

Valleys:

Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,