Information About

Howard Pass

Quick Facts

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Location

68 ° 12' 43.999" N,
156 ° 53' 53.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kobuk

Parent

Brooks Range

Elevation

1647 ft (502.01 m)

Howard Pass in Detail.

About

in Brooks Range, forms divide between Aniuk and Etivluk Rivers

History

Named for Ensign William Lauriston Howard, 1860-1930, U.S. Navy (USN), who, while with Lieutenant G. M. Stoney's naval %xpedition to northern Alaska, made an expedition from Fort Cosmos, on the Kobuk River, to Point Barrow. Howard's route carried him through this Pass on April 21, 1886 (Stoney, 1900, p. 66-77). The name first appears on a fieldsheet by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1925.

Topo Maps

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Places Near Howard Pass
Streams:

Volcano Creek,

Lakes:

Akuliak Lake, Kiingyak Lake, Nigtun Lake,

Mountains:

Iikhkluk Mountain, Kavaksurak Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Howard Pass,

Streams:

Fauna Creek, Fay Creek, Flora Creek,