Adventure Creek

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Adventure Creek is a stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Utukok River. [1]

Adventure Creek was named in 1925 when a group of surveyors became lost at the creek. [2]

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References

  1. Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 52.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adventure Creek

68°51′N161°09′W / 68.850°N 161.150°W / 68.850; -161.150