Information About

Mount Buckland

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kivalina

Elevation:

1398 ft (426.11 m)

About

In the Lisburne Hills, 8 mi. E of Cape Dyer, 5 mi SW of Mount Itsalik and 31 mi NE of Point Hope, Arctic Slope.

History of Mount Buckland

Named in 1965 by B. P. Exploration Co. for William Buckland (1784-1856), British geologist, who made the earliest description and correlation of the Lower Carboniferous fossils collected from the Lisburne Hills by the 1826 and 1827 expeditions to Alaska led by Captain F.W. Beechey, Royal Navy.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Point Hope (1952), Point Hope C-2 (1955), Point Hope C-2 (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope C-2 NW (2014),

Places Near Mount Buckland

Hills:

The Ears,

Mountains:

Angayutak Mountain, Mount Buckland, Eekroat Pinnaeles, Mount Hamlet, Mount Itsalik, Mount Nasak, Mount Niaktuvik, Ooguk Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Igrarok Hills, Lisburne Hills,

Streams:

Ayugatak Creek, Eeneegiksook Creek, Igrarok Creek, Kiliktakgot Creek, Selin Creek,

Cities:

Wevok,