Description
2 mi. N of Philacte Bay and 95 mi. W of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History
Name used by personnel of Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range; reported in 1965. The name means "hill" or "mound" in Eskimo. The word has become a landform term referring to mounds formed by frost or freezing action above the permafrost.