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Sukakpak Mountain is a prominent 4,459-foot peak in Alaska’s Brooks Range, near the meeting of the Bettles and Dietrich rivers where they form the Middle Fork Koyukuk River. Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1930, its Inupiat name was said to mean “marten deadfall,” reflecting the mountain’s resemblance from the north to the balanced log of a marten trap; the U.S. Board on Geographic Names adopted the name in 1932. Especially striking for its west face of Skajit limestone rising nearly 3,000 feet above the valley, it also features rare ice-cored mounds called palsas and gained protected status in 1990 for its scenic and geologic character.
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Wiseman, Alaska · United States
