Information About

Howard Hill

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Howard Hill on The Map

Location

69 ° 20' 17.999" N,
154 ° 34' 4.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Hughes

Elevation

807 ft (245.97 m)

Howard Hill in Detail.

About

N of Maybe Creek, at head of Ikpukpuk *iver, Arctic Slope

History

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Ensign W. L. Howard, U.S. Navy (USN), of Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's Naval Expedition of 1885. They passed along the foot of this hill about May 22, 1886, on the expedition from Ft. Cosmos, on the Kobuk Fiver, to Point Barrow. The name first appears on a fieldsheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1924.

Topo Maps

Ikpikpuk River (1951), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River (1956), Ikpikpuk River B-3 (1985), Ikpikpuk River B-3 SW (2016),
Places Near Howard Hill
Cities:

Kigalik,

Hills:

Howard Hill,

Lakes:

Watermelon Lake,

Mountain Passes:

Angoyakvik Pass,

Rivers:

Kigalik River,

Streams:

Kay Creek, Maybe Creek, September Creek,