Prospect Creek
Prospect Creek is a very small settlement approximately 180 miles north of Fairbanks and 25 miles southeast of Bettles, Alaska. Years ago it was home to numerous mining expeditions and the camp for the building of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of 889 feet (271 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code PPC
- …is also known as “Prospect Creek, Alaska”
- Description: human settlement in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States of America
- Category: ghost town
- Location
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Latitude
66.79444° or 66° 47′ 40″ north
Longitude
-150.72444° or 150° 43′ 28″ west
Open location code
93RFQ7VG+Q6
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Romanian—“Prospect Creek” goes by many names.
Prospect CreekCatalan
展望溪Chinese
普罗斯佩克特溪Chinese
Prospect CreekDutch
Prospect CreekItalian
プロスペクト・クリークJapanese
Проспект КрикMacedonian
Prospect CreekRomanian
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