Information About

Setting Sun Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Setting Sun Creek on The Map

Location

68 ° 22' 54.001" N,
159 ° 10' 4.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Ambler

Elevation

1184 ft (360.88 m)

Setting Sun Creek in Detail.

About

In DeLong Mountains. Flows S to the Anisak River, 33 mi upstream from its mouth, Brooks Range.

History

Named in 1951 by H. N. Reiser, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for stone, ring markings "for ceremonial to setting sun."

Places Near Setting Sun Creek
Lakes:

Burial Lake,

Mountain Ranges:

Iggiruk Mountains,

Streams:

Buccaneer Creek, Picnic Creek, Setting Sun Creek, Stone Ring Creek, Uivaksak Creek,