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.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States of America
- Also known as: “Prospect Creek, Alaska”
Prospect Creek
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
66.79444° or 66° 47′ 40″ north
Longitude
-150.72444° or 150° 43′ 28″ west
Elevation
889 feet (271 metres)
IATA airport code
PPC
Open location code
93RFQ7VG+Q6
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Romanian—“Prospect Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Prospect Creek”
- Chinese: “展望溪”
- Chinese: “普罗斯佩克特溪”
- Dutch: “Prospect Creek”
- French: “Prospect Creek”
- German: “Prospect Creek”
- Italian: “Prospect Creek”
- Japanese: “プロスペクト・クリーク”
- Macedonian: “Проспект Крик”
- Romanian: “Prospect Creek”
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