Information About

Thetis Creek

Quick Facts

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Location

68 ° 53' 28" N,
164 ° 53' 48.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kivalina

Thetis Creek in Detail.

About

flows NW to Chukchi Sea 7 mi. W of Cape Sabine, 43 mi. NW of Mount Kelly, Arctic Slope.

History

So named in 1901 by Schrader (1904, p. 111) and W. J. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because the Thetis Coal Mine is near its mouth." The Thetis Coal Mine was named about 1889 for the U.S.S. Thetis. The Eskimo name for this stream is "Igikalik" which is said, by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), to refer to the "black cormorant."

Topo Maps

De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains (1955), De Long Mountains D-5 (1955), De Long Mountains (1965), De Long Mountains D-5 NW (2014),

Places Near Thetis Creek

Cliffs:

Corwin Bluff,

Mine:

Thetis Mine,

Mountains:

North Aluk Hill,

Streams:

Corwin Creek, Kigiktowk Creek, Sakvelak Creek, Thetis Creek,