Disappointment Creek (Utukok River)

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

Disappointment Creek was so named when a surveyor found the creek did not lead to a gap in the De Long Mountains.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disappointment Creek
  2. ↑ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 53.

Coordinates: 69°15′N 159°51′W / 69.250°N 159.850°W / 69.250; -159.850


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