Alaska Gazetteer
Jade Mountains is a physical feature (range) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Jade Mountains |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Range |
| Description: | at SE end of Baird Mts., extend NW-SE 33 mi. NW of Shungnak, Brooks Range. 11 miles long. |
| History: | "This name is mentioned by Lieutenant Stoney (1900, p. 56), U.S. Navy (USN), who probably named this feature on his visit there in 1884 when he obtained samples of jade for the Smithsonian Institution. Lieutenant J. C. Cantwell, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), called it ""Ashiganok"", meaning ""green-stone mountain,"" in 1884 (Healy, 1886, p. 57). ""Ashiganok"" is the same as the Eskimo name ""Shungnak.""" |
| Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.2348327637 |
| Longitude: | -158.057296753 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Jade Mountains: Jade Mountains.
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