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Deadfall Creek

Coordinates: 69°14′15″N 162°41′00″W / 69.23750°N 162.68333°W / 69.23750; -162.68333
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Deadfall Creek is a stream in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Kukpowruk River[1]

Deadfall Creek was named for a stone deadfall trap set by Eskimos near its mouth.[2]

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References

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

69°14′15″N 162°41′00″W / 69.23750°N 162.68333°W / 69.23750; -162.68333