Information About

Shelman Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Shelman Creek on The Map

Location

65 ° 19' 54.998" N,
166 ° 29' 4.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Brevig Mission

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Shelman Creek in Detail.

About

flows SW to Port Clarence at Teller Mission, 6 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Penin High.

History

A "Schellman River" is shown in this area on the 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee. Reported as "Mission Creek" in 1900 by T. G. Gerdine (in Brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).