Information About

Thumb Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 36' 42.998" N,
161 ° 13' 45.998" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Quinhagak

Parent

Kilbuck Mountains

Elevation

2500 ft (762 m)

Thumb Mountain in Detail.

About

20 mi. NE of Jack smith Bay and 38 mi. N of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.

History

Originally named "Helmick Mountain" by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post (in Spurr, 1900, map 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Reverend Benjamin Helmick, Moravian missionary who work in this area. The descriptive name "Thumb Mountain" was published in 1915 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 9103. It was so called because "from off Quinhagak it resembles a huge thumb placed on a high flat mountain plateau." (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1916, p. 249).

Topo Maps

Goodnews (1951), Goodnews (1951), Goodnews (1951), Goodnews (1951), Goodnews (1951), Goodnews (1951), Goodnews C-6 (1954), Goodnews C-6 (1954), Goodnews Bay (1979), Goodnews Bay (1979), Goodnews Bay C-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Thumb Mountain

Lakes:

Arolik Lake, Canyon Lake,

Mountains:

Chingekigtlik Mountain, Ingluilngok Mountain, Island Butte, Island Mountain, Kisogle Mountain, Thumb Mountain,

Rivers:

East Fork Arolik River, South Fork Arolik River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Casino Creek, Colorado Creek, Crater Creek, Decemebr Creek, Deer Creek, Flat Creek, Garnet Creek, Keno Creek, Midas Creek, Quickumguila Creek, Tyone Creek,

Valleys:

Snow Gulch,