Bishop Rock is a physical feature (summit) in Yukon-Koyukuk Borough.
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Feature Name: | Bishop Rock |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | on right bank of Yukon River, 23 mi. NE of Nulato, Koyukuk Low. |
History: | "Local name reported in 1902 by A. J. Collier, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So called because Roman Catholic Archbishop Seagher of Oregon was murdered near here in 1885 ""by a half-breed attendant, when engaged upon a missionary prospecting journey in the winter. A memorial cross was erected by the Jesuit Fathers of Nulato * * *"" on this hill (Stuck, 1917, p. 164)." |
Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk Borough |
Latitude: | 64.8240203857 |
Longitude: | -157.366943359 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bishop Rock: Bishop Rock.
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 Bishop Rock does not include property ownership information.
Koyukuk, AK
(10.6 miles WNW) |
Galena, AK
(14.4 miles ESE) |
Yistletaw, AK (< 0.1 mile WSW) |