Information About

Disappointment Creek

Disappointment Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 627 ft (191.11 m)
About

flows N to Utukok River, W of Lookout Ridge, 95 mi. S of Wainwright, Arctic Slope. 25 miles long.

History of Disappointment Creek

Named by W. T. Foran, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1924, for his disappointment "when it was discovered that the creek did not head in a pass through the DeLong Mts." (in Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 53).

Places Near Disappointment Creek
Mountains:

Eskimo Hill,

Streams:

Carbon Creek, Disappointment Creek,