Information About

Brachipod Gulch

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Brachipod Gulch on The Map

Location

65 ° 35' 26.002" N,
147 ° 23' 52.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Fox

Elevation

2057 ft (626.97 m)

Brachipod Gulch in Detail.

About

Trends SE to Fossil Creek, 55 km (34 mi.) NE of Livengood, Yukon-Tanana Highlands. 4 miles long.

History

So named "because the ravine has many fossils of the mollusklike shellfish (brachipod) that became nearly extinct toward the end of the Permian geologic period 200 million years ago." The name appears on recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps.

Topo Maps

Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood (1945), Livengood C-1 (1951), Livengood C-1 (1951), Livengood C-1 (1951), Livengood (1951), Livengood (1951), Livengood C-1 (1954), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood (1956), Livengood C-1 SW (2017),
Places Near Brachipod Gulch
Islands:

Seal Island,

Mountains:

Cache Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Windy Gap,

Mountain Ranges:

White Mountains,

Streams:

Big Brook Creek, Brigham Creek, Bull Creek, Cripple Creek, Lost Horizon Creek, O-Brien Creek, Roy Creek, Trail Creek,

Routes:

Cache Mountain Loop Trail,

Valleys:

Brachipod Gulch, Limestone Gulch, Limestone Gulch,