Amatusuk Hills
Amatusuk is likely a name of Indigenous origin of unknown meaning.
History
In 1838, Amatusuk Hills was noted in A.F. Kashevarov's Coastal Explorations in Northwest Alaska as "the last elevation of note that a coastal traveller heading north will see in northwest Alaska".
In 1920, Archdeacon Stuck published the name as 'Amahk-too-sook'. It has been variously spelled as: Amahtooscok Mountain, Amatosuk Hills, Amatusak Hills, and Amooktoosuk Hills.
The inland area is known for hunting, fishing, and fur trapping. The Inupiat residents of Point Lay used the rivers as navigational points, but only during bad weather. The Kukpowruk River is used as a reference point to the trapping regions when the coastal area is impassable during bad weather.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amatusuk Hills
- ^ "Amatusuk Hills". Alaska Guide. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Red Dog Mine Extension AqqAluk Project: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement" (PDF). October 2009.
- ^ Geological Survey (U.S.) (1960). Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 52.
- ^ Vanstone, James W.; Kraus, David H.; Kashevarov, A. F. (1977). "A. F. Kashevarov's Coastal Explorations in Northwest Alaska, 1838". Fieldiana. Anthropology. 69: i–104. ISSN 0071-4739. JSTOR 29782496.
- ^ Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 70.
- ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967.
- ^ "Community Profiles for North Pacific Fisheries – Alaska: Point Lay" (PDF). NOAA-TM-AFSC-259 – Volume 4.
- ^ Tremont, John D. (1987). "Surface-Transportation Networks of the Alaskan North Slope" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service. pp. 19–20.
69°07′N 162°56′W / 69.117°N 162.933°W
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