Alaska Gazetteer
Pitkas Bar is a physical feature (bar) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Pitkas Bar places it within the 99730 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Pitkas Bar |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | in Birch Creek, at mouth of Harrison Creek, 40 mi. SW of Circle, Yukon-Tanana High. |
| History: | "Named by prospectors for the two ""half-breeds named Pitka and Sorresco"" (Mertie, 1937, p. 5), who made the first discovery of gold on Birch Creek. The name was reported in 1908 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Covert and Ellsworth, 1909, pl. 4)." |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 65.3399963379 |
| Longitude: | -144.73638916 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pitkas Bar: Pitkas Bar.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Pitkas Bar does not include property ownership information.
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