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Kettle Dome

Kettle Dome

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Northwest Arctic
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1539 ft (469.09 m)
About

3 mi E of Imuruk Lake and 7.5 mi N of Blueberry Dome, Seward Peninsula High.

History of Kettle Dome

Reported in 1950 by D. M. Hopkins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); so named because at the summit of the hill there is a hemispherical rock knob about 30 feet high. From a distance the outline of the hill and the knob suggest the top of a tea-kettle.