Alaska Gazetteer
Swayback Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Swayback Mountain |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | 11 mi. SSE of Liberator Lake, Arctic Slope |
| History: | "Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists in 1949. The name was originally applied to a hill on the left bank of Swayback Creek at 684300N1575600W. This feature was so named because of its ""swayback"" appearance. When the 1951 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Howard Pass map was edited, the original feature did not show, and the name was inadvertently misapplied to this mountain." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.7341003418 |
| Longitude: | -158.094039917 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Swayback Mountain: Swayback Mountain.
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 Swayback Mountain does not include property ownership information.
