Information About

Cheenik Creek

Cheenik Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7 ft (2.13 m)
About

flows SW to Golovnin Bay, 0.2 mi. E of Golovin and 43 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. 11 miles long.

History of Cheenik Creek

The 1900 cMap of Nome Peninsula" by J. M. Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee spelled this Eskimo name as "Tichnak." Prospectors' name published on the 1908 "Map of Seward Peninsula" by Arthur Gibson.