Information About

Sturgeon Ridge

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sturgeon Ridge on The Map

Location

65 ° 23' 10" N,
163 ° 6' 20.002" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Golovin

Elevation

1883 ft (573.94 m)

Sturgeon Ridge in Detail.

About

1.5 mi ENE of the end of Kuzitrin Lake, 4.5 mi NE of Mount Boyan, 13 mi. S of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Reported in 1950 by D. M. Hopkins; so named by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party because "the hill bears a series of rock monuments along the crest-line so that its profile suggests the spiny back of a sturgeon."