Skeleton Butte is a physical feature (summit) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
Feature Name: | Skeleton Butte |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | 1.5 mi W of Cloud Lake and 8 mi NNW of Imuruk Lake, Seward Peninsula High. |
History: | "Reported in 1950 by D. M. Hopkins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); so named because a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party in 1948 ""found a skeleton within a cairn at a prehistoric Eskimo village site on the summit of the butte.""" |
Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
Latitude: | 65.7192077637 |
Longitude: | -163.286239624 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Skeleton Butte: Skeleton Butte.
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 Skeleton Butte does not include property ownership information.
Fink Creek, AK (14.4 miles NNE) |