Information About

Oxadak Mountain

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Oxadak Mountain on The Map

Location

68 ° 1' 27.001" N,
150 ° 14' 25.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wiseman

Parent

Brooks Range

Elevation

7123 ft (2171.09 m)

Oxadak Mountain in Detail.

About

N head of Alinement Creek, 8.5 mi. N of Apoon Mtn., and 43 mi. N of Wiseman, Brooks Range

History

Named in 1939 by Marshall (1956, p. 162) who wrote, "Even more impressive---was the black mountain---which I had taken to be Oolah Mtn. Actually it turned out to be a different peak, which we named Oxadak, after a venerable oldster of the arctic Eskimos."