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 ...

A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of debate.

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

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

The name “Nazi Creek” will no longer be used for federal databases or maps. On Thursday, the Domestic Names Committee for the ...

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

The island is still littered with items left by the Japanese as they fled in haste that day in 1943. But due to its remote location and harsh conditions, Kiska is not a popular stop on World War ...

Federal officials on Thursday unanimously approved the renaming of two natural features on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island, removing World War II-era names considered offensive and replacing them with ...

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 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 ...

Archaeologists contribute to the global debate about long-term human intersections with coastal and island environments, often through cooperative research with anthropologists, geologists and ...

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 ...