A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally ...

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 ...

Its 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 ...

Following a campaign by a local advocate, the creek was given a new name in the language of the local Indigenous people, in a move supported by an Anchorage synagogue.

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 ...

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.

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 features in question are "Nazi Creek," a mile-long stream, and "Nip Hill," a modest summit — both on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska ...