Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Buckland is a physical feature (summit) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Mount Buckland places it within the 99766 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Buckland |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In the Lisburne Hills, 8 mi. E of Cape Dyer, 5 mi SW of Mount Itsalik and 31 mi NE of Point Hope, Arctic Slope. |
| History: | Named in 1965 by B. P. Exploration Co. for William Buckland (1784-1856), British geologist, who made the earliest description and correlation of the Lower Carboniferous fossils collected from the Lisburne Hills by the 1826 and 1827 expeditions to Alaska led by Captain F.W. Beechey, Royal Navy. |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.6595535278 |
| Longitude: | -165.934692383 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Buckland: Mount Buckland.
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 Mount Buckland does not include property ownership information.
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