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 ...

Nazi Creek was renamed Thursday to Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, an Unangax̂ phrase replacing a name originally assigned by World War ...

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with ...

A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.

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, ...

FAIRBANKS - On June 7, 1942, a Japanese infantry battalion landed on Attu Island at the western end of the Aleutians, took the small population hostage and claimed the island ...

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 ...