Description
Cosmos Creek is located flows SW to Kobuk River, 4 mi. W of Shungnak, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. 16 miles long.
History
Named in 1901 by W. C. Mendenhall, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), after Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's naval expedition camp called Fort Cosmos, which was located at the mouth of this stream in 1885-86. The stream's Eskimo name according to Stoney (1900, map) was "A-vi-lu-legorack."