Information About

Mount Buckland

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mount Buckland on The Map

Location

68 ° 39' 38.999" N,
165 ° 57' 2.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kivalina

Elevation

1398 ft (426.11 m)

Mount Buckland in Detail.

About

In the Lisburne Hills, 8 mi. E of Cape Dyer, 5 mi SW of Mount Itsalik and 31 mi NE of Point Hope, Arctic Slope.

History

Named in 1965 by B. P. Exploration Co. for William Buckland (1784-1856), British geologist, who made the earliest description and correlation of the Lower Carboniferous fossils collected from the Lisburne Hills by the 1826 and 1827 expeditions to Alaska led by Captain F.W. Beechey, Royal Navy.

Topo Maps

Point Hope (1952), Point Hope C-2 (1955), Point Hope C-2 (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope C-2 NW (2014),
Places Near Mount Buckland
Hills:

The Ears,

Mountains:

Angayutak Mountain, Mount Buckland, Eekroat Pinnaeles, Mount Hamlet, Mount Itsalik, Mount Nasak, Mount Niaktuvik, Ooguk Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Igrarok Hills, Lisburne Hills,

Streams:

Ayugatak Creek, Eeneegiksook Creek, Igrarok Creek, Kiliktakgot Creek, Selin Creek,

Cities:

Wevok,