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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 persisted.
The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a derogatory term for Japanese people. Both are located on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, adjacent to the larger and more prominent Kiska Island, at the far end of the Aleutian chain 1,450 miles from Anchorage.
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Fairbanks KTVF on MSNAlaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternativeIts new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam Tunuu, the language of the Indigenous Unangax̂ people.
Nazi Creek was renamed Thursday to Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, an Unangax̂ phrase replacing a name originally assigned by World War II-era soldiers.
In the remote Aleutian Islands, Alpha Welding and Boat Repair have taken delivery of a 90 tonne Liebherr LRT 1090-2.1 rough terrain crane.