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Kenunga Creek

Kenunga Creek

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2592 ft (790.04 m)
About

flows E N of Katiktak and Blackface Mts. to Ernie Creek in Valley of Precipices, 23 mi. E of Anaktuvuk Pass, Brooks Range

History of Kenunga Creek

Marshall (1956, p. 46) wrote, I named this remarkable valley and the river which drained it Kenunga, which is Eskimo for knife edge. Marshall was referring to the number of knife-edge ridges he saw between Rumbling and Katiktak Mountains.