Information About

Skeleton Butte

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 43' 10.999" N,
163 ° 17' 11" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

1795 ft (547.12 m)

Skeleton Butte in Detail.

About

1.5 mi W of Cloud Lake and 8 mi NNW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Reported in 1950 by D. M. Hopkins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); so named because a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party in 1948 "found a skeleton within a cairn at a prehistoric Eskimo village site on the summit of the butte."

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben C-3 (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben C-3 (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben C-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Skeleton Butte

Bays:

Granite Bay, Salix Bay,

Islands:

Gull Islands,

Lakes:

Lake Cloud, Imuruk Lake,

Mountains:

Asses Ears, Black Butte, Camille Cone, Cassiope Cone, Crossfox Butte, Mount Foster, Hoodoo Hill, Rhododendron Cone, Skeleton Butte, Virginia Butte,

Pillars:

Twincairn Cone,

Ridges:

Nimrod Hill,

Rivers:

Pinnell River,

Streams:

American Creek, Collins Creek, Cunningham Creek, Eureka Creek, Hannum Creek, Milroy Creek, Nelson Creek, Old Glory Creek, Perry Creek, Trail Creek,

Valleys:

Eureka Gulch, Snow Gulch,