Asbestos Mountain – Summit in Northwest Arctic, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1412542

Location

State Alaska

County Northwest Arctic

Feature Class Summit

Coordinates

DMS

67°00'17"N 156°47'16"W

Decimal Degrees

67.0047939, -156.7878427

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Ambler River A-2 SW

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Bornite

5.6 mi NW

Hydrography

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Description

13 mi. NE of Shungnak, Brooks Range

History

Prospectors' name; reported in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Nearby Features

Stockley Creek Stream · 2.3 mi WSW
Harry Creek Stream · 2.5 mi SW
Radio Creek Stream · 2.6 mi SE
Wye Creek Stream · 3.0 mi SW
Ryan Creek Stream · 3.1 mi NNE
Lynx Creek Stream · 3.1 mi SE
Glacier Creek Stream · 3.2 mi SSE
California Creek Stream · 3.3 mi SSE
Inerevuk Mountain Summit · 3.6 mi WSW
Canyon Creek Stream · 3.7 mi ENE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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