Amatusuk Hills Explained
| Amatusuk Hills |
| Elevation M: | 413.92 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1358 |
| Length Mi: | 45 |
| Native Name: | --> |
| State: | Alaska |
| Settlement: | Kivalina |
Amatusuk Hills is a mountain range in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States.[1] It is part of the Brooks Range.[2]
Amatusuk is likely a name of Indigenous origin of unknown meaning.[3]
History
In 1838, Amatusuk Hills was noted in A.F. Kashevarov's Coastal Explorations in Northwest Alaska as "the last elevation of note that a coastal traveller heading north will see in northwest Alaska".[4]
In 1920, Archdeacon Stuck published the name as 'Amahk-too-sook'.[5] It has been variously spelled as: Amahtooscok Mountain, Amatosuk Hills, Amatusak Hills, and Amooktoosuk Hills.[6]
The inland area is known for hunting, fishing, and fur trapping.[7] The Inupiat residents of Point Lay used the rivers as navigational points, but only during bad weather.[8] The Kukpowruk River is used as a reference point to the trapping regions when the coastal area is impassable during bad weather.
Notes and References
- Web site: Amatusuk Hills . 2023-09-27 . Alaska Guide . en.
- News: October 2009 . Red Dog Mine Extension AqqAluk Project: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement .
- Book: Geological Survey (U.S.). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1960. U.S. Government Printing Office. 52.
- Vanstone . James W. . Kraus . David H. . Kashevarov . A. F. . 1977 . A. F. Kashevarov's Coastal Explorations in Northwest Alaska, 1838 . Fieldiana. Anthropology . 69 . i–104 . 29782496 . 0071-4739.
- Book: Orth, Donald J. . Dictionary of Alaska Place Names . 1967 . U.S. Government Printing Office . Washington . 70 . en.
- Book: Geological Survey Professional Paper . 1967 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
- News: Community Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries – Alaska: Point Lay . NOAA-TM-AFSC-259 – Volume 4 .
- News: Tremont . John D. . 1987 . Surface-Transportation Networks of the Alaskan North Slope . 19–20 . U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service .
