Information About

Twelvemile Summit

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Twelvemile Summit on The Map

Location

65 ° 23' 52.001" N,
145 ° 58' 14.002" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Central

Elevation

3140 ft (957.07 m)

Twelvemile Summit in Detail.

About

10 mi. SW of Pinnell Mtn. and 62 mi. SW of Circle, along the Steese Highway, Yukon-Tanana High.

History

This pass is on the divide between the Tanana and Yukon River drainage areas. It was named early by prospectors because of its distance from a group of mining claims on Birch Creek (Henning, 1965, p. 206). The name was published in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).