Information About

Koyukuk Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

64 ° 54' 24.001" N,
157 ° 39' 2.002" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Koyukuk

Elevation

801 ft (244.14 m)

Koyukuk Mountain in Detail.

About

on right bank of Yukon River, 3 mi. N of Koyukuk and 19 mi. NE of Nulato, Koyukuk Low.

History

Name obtained in 1869 from the Russians by Captain C. W. Raymond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and written "Koyukuk Sopka" by him. A. V. Zane, U.S. Navy (USN), of Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's expediton gave in 1886 the Koyukan Indian name as "Be-ne-le-rah-cher," meaning "big mountain."