Alaska Gazetteer
Mapsorak Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mapsorak Mountain |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | between Kisimilok and Mapsorak Creeks, 17 mi. SE of CapeThompson, Arctic Slope |
| History: | "Eskimo name reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as ""Mup-so-rt."" W. O. Pruitt, University of Alaska, spelled the name ""Mafsorak"" and gives its meaning as ""overhanging."" The name is derived from the low hill located just to the south." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.0669174194 |
| Longitude: | -165.358322144 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mapsorak Mountain: Mapsorak Mountain.
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| Chariot, AK (10.2 miles WNW) |
