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Potato Mountain

Potato Mountain

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Nome (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1119 ft (341.07 m)
About

SE of Lopp Lagoon, 15 mi. E of Cape Prince of Wales and 44 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.

History of Potato Mountain

Local name published in 1900 on US@C&GS Chart 9380; reported in 1927 as Conical Hill by Captain Beechey (1831, map facing p. 328), Royal Navy (RN). In 1852 it was called Konicheskaya Sopka, meaning Conical Volcano, by the Russian Hdrog. Dept.