Information About

Mount Foster

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 53' 55" N,
163 ° 20' 29" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Deering

Elevation

1329 ft (405.08 m)

Mount Foster in Detail.

About

On the Seward Peninsula, E of Hannum Creek, 34 km (21 mi) SW of Deering.

History

Named for Neal Winston Foster (?-1979), the State's first Director of Air Commerce, a member of the Territorial and State Legislatures, and who developed mining claims on nearby Hannum Creek.

Topo Maps

Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben (1950), Bendeleben D-3 (1950), Bendeleben D-3 (1950), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1951), Bendeleben (1964), Bendeleben D-3 NW (2017),
Places Near Mount Foster
Capes:

Clifford Point, Rex Point,

Cliffs:

Sullivan Bluffs,

Lakes:

Lake Cloud, Sullivan Lake,

Mountains:

Asses Ears, Black Butte, Crossfox Butte, Mount Foster, Skeleton Butte, Virginia Butte,

Pillars:

Twincairn Cone,

Streams:

American Creek, Clifford Creek, Collins Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Cunningham Creek, Divide Creek, Eureka Creek, Fox Creek, Hannum Creek, Iron Creek, May Creek, Milroy Creek, Nelson Creek, Noyes Creek, Oregon Creek, Reindeer Creek, Rex Creek, Trail Creek,

Valleys:

Eureka Gulch,