News
A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of debate.
German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...
3d
Fairbanks KTVF on MSNAlaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternativeIts new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...
The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the ...
The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...
Slideshow: The WWII Battle for Alaska. In June 1942, the Japanese invaded Kiska, a nearly uninhabited island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, some 1,450 miles west of Anchorage.Despite orders from ...
Federal officials on Thursday unanimously approved the renaming of two natural features on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island, removing World War II-era names considered offensive and replacing them with ...
Although the Third Reich’s troops never touched the island where Nazi Creek lies, there is extensive WWII history for Little Kiska and its big sister, Kiska Island. ADVERTISEMENT.
The roughly half-mile-long creek on Little Kiska Island flows southeast into the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy Of USGS) Michael Livingston is proposing Nazi Creek on Little Kiska Island be renamed to ...
Little Kiska Island is about 240 miles east of Attu and just southeast of Kiska. According to a recent Twitter post from Alaska historian David Reamer, ...
The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with names in Indigenous Unangax̂ language. Friday, Jul 11, 2025.
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results