Alaska Gazetteer
Half-Way Pillar is a physical feature (pillar) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Half-Way Pillar |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Pillar |
| Description: | on right bank of Porcupine River 6 mi. N of Old Rampart and 32 mi. ENE of Coleen Mtn., Yukon Flats. |
| History: | "Name reported by R. G. McConnell, Canadian Geological Survey, in 1888, for ""a projecting column of rock, which was supposed by the traders to b e equidistant from Lapierre House and Fort Yukon"" (FitzGerald, 1944, p. 227). The name is now applied to a nearby hill." |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 67.2611083984 |
| Longitude: | -141.631668091 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Half-Way Pillar: Half-Way Pillar.
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 Half-Way Pillar does not include property ownership information.
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Old Rampart, AK
(6.7 miles S) |
Canyon Village, AK
(14.3 miles WSW) |
