| Rabbit Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Rabbit_Lake_and_the_Suicide_Peaks._Chugach_State_Park,_Alaska.jpg) The headwaters of Rabbit Creek at Rabbit Lake, with North and South Suicide Peaks in the background | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Anchorage_Watersheds.jpg) Anchorage Watersheds with Rabbit Creek and Little Rabbit Creek in green and pink, respectively | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Relief_map_of_USA_Alaska.png)  Location of the mouth of Rabbit Creek in Alaska &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Anchorage.png) Rabbit Creek (Anchorage, Alaska) (Anchorage) | |
| Native name | Ggeh Betnu (Tanaina) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Municipality | Anchorage |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Rabbit Lake |
| • location | Chugach Mountains |
| • coordinates | 61°02′31″N 149°35′08″W / 61.0419444°N 149.5855556°W |
| • elevation | 3,153 ft (961 m) |
| Mouth | Turnagain Arm, Anchorage |
• coordinates | 61°04′41″N 149°49′25″W / 61.0780556°N 149.8236111°W |
• elevation | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Turnagain Arm |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Little Rabbit Creek |
Rabbit Creek is one of several streams that flow through the city of Anchorage, Alaska. It runs for 15 miles from the Chugach Mountains to Turnagain Arm.[1] Before English-speaking settlers arrived in Anchorage, the Dena'ina called the creek "Ggeh Betnu."[2]
- ^ "GNIS Detail, Rabbit Creek". US Geological Survey.
- ^ Kari, James (2007). Shem Pete's Alaska: The Territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina. University of Alaska Press.