Amatusuk Hills

In 1838, Amatusuk Hills was noted in A.F. Kashevarov's Coastal Explorations in Northwest Alaska as "the last elevation of note that a coastal traveller heading north will see in northwest Alaska".^[5]

In 1920, Archdeacon Stuck published the name as 'Amahk-too-sook'.^[6] It has been variously spelled as: Amahtooscok Mountain, Amatosuk Hills, Amatusak Hills, and Amooktoosuk Hills.^[7]

The inland area is known for hunting, fishing, and fur trapping.^[8] The Inupiat residents of Point Lay used the rivers as navigational points, but only during bad weather.^[9] The Kukpowruk River is used as a reference point to the trapping regions when the coastal area is impassable during bad weather.^[9]

69°07′N 162°56′W / 69.117°N 162.933°W / 69.117; -162.933

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