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 ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...

Alaska News Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek,’ a legacy of World War II, is set for a name change By Zachariah Hughes Published: April 7, 2025 Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) ...

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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.

Alaska’s Nazi Creek and Nip Hill now appear to be close to their expiration dates, as the federal board responsible for ...

An Alaska man escaped unscathed after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend.

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

Apr. 7—This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The ...