Alaska Gazetteer
Thumb Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in Bethel Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Thumb Mountain |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | 20 mi. NE of Jack smith Bay and 38 mi. N of Goodnews, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. |
| History: | "Originally named ""Helmick Mountain"" by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post (in Spurr, 1900, map 10), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Reverend Benjamin Helmick, Moravian missionary who work in this area. The descriptive name ""Thumb Mountain"" was published in 1915 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 9103. It was so called because ""from off Quinhagak it resembles a huge thumb placed on a high flat mountain plateau."" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1916, p. 249)." |
| Borough: | Bethel Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.6108169556 |
| Longitude: | -161.231658936 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Thumb Mountain: Thumb 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 Thumb Mountain does not include property ownership information.
