Information About

Amatusuk Hills

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Amatusuk Hills on The Map

Location

69 ° 7' 0.001" N,
162 ° 55' 59.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kotzebue

Elevation

869 ft (264.87 m)

Amatusuk Hills in Detail.

About

extend NE 45 mi. from Cape Beaufort, on coast of Chukchi Sea, 45 mi. S of Point Lay; Arctic Slope;

History

Eskimo name, of which Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 177) wrote, "The last mountain, 'Amahk-too-sook', rose beside us at this encampment * * *'.

Topo Maps

Point Lay (1955), Point Lay (1955), Point Lay (1955), Point Lay A-2 (1955), Point Lay A-2 (1956), Point Lay A-2 SW (2014),
Places Near Amatusuk Hills
Basins:

Beaufort Basin,

Ridges:

Amatusuk Hills,

Streams:

Surprise Creek, Tupikchak Creek,