Description

Anaktuvuk Plateau is located between Brooks Range and Arctic plain, extends from Canada on E to Cape Lisburne on W.

History

Named in 1901 by W. J. Peters and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), after the river of the same name. This is the feature referred to as Arctic Slope in this dictionary and as Arctic Foothills by Wahrhaftig (1965, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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