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Brachipod Gulch

Brachipod Gulch

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 2057 ft (626.97 m)
About

Trends SE to Fossil Creek, 55 km (34 mi.) NE of Livengood, Yukon-Tanana Highlands. 4 miles long.

History of Brachipod Gulch

So named "because the ravine has many fossils of the mollusklike shellfish (brachipod) that became nearly extinct toward the end of the Permian geologic period 200 million years ago." The name appears on recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps.