# Arrigetch Peaks
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{{Short description|Cluster of mountains in Alaska}}
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The '''Arrigetch Peaks''' ([Iñupiaq](/source/I%C3%B1upiaq_language): ''Argaich'') are a cluster of rugged granite spires in the [Endicott Mountains](/source/Endicott_Mountains) of the central [Brooks Range](/source/Brooks_Range) in northern [Alaska](/source/Alaska). The name ''Arrigetch'' means 'fingers of the outstretched hand' in the [Inupiat](/source/Inupiat_language) language. The peaks ring the glacial [cirques](/source/cirques) at the head of the [Kobuk River](/source/Kobuk_River) and 2 tributaries of the [Alatna River](/source/Alatna_River): Arrigetch Creek and Aiyagomahala Creek (Creek 4662). They are located at latitude 67 degrees 24' N and longitude 154 degrees 10' W. All of the summits of the peaks are around 6,000 ft, 1825 m elevation. The Arrigetch Peaks area was designated as a [National Natural Landmark](/source/National_Natural_Landmark) in 1968 for its spectacular geography.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=ARPE-AK|title=National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}]
The earliest recorded Geological Survey of the area was in 1911 by [Philip S. Smith](/source/Philip_Sidney_Smith) and H.M. Eakin. The renowned conservationist [Robert Marshall](/source/Bob_Marshall_(wilderness_activist)) explored the area in the 1930s.[{{cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Robert |editor1-last=Marshall |editor1-first=George |title=Arctic Wilderness |date=1956 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |pages=82–99}}][{{cite web |title=Government Geologists Cross Central Brooks Range |url=https://www.nps.gov/gaar/learn/historyculture/government-geologists-cross-central-brooks-range.htm |website=Gates of the Arctic |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=3 May 2020}}][{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Philip |last2=Mertie |first2=J.B. |title=Geology and Mineral Resources of Northwestern Alaska | journal = USGS Bulletin |volume = 815 |year=1930 |url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b815 |publisher=USGS |doi=10.3133/b815 |hdl=2346/66059 |access-date=3 May 2020|doi-access=free |hdl-access=free }}] These trips were described in Marshall's 1933 book ''Arctic Village'', and posthumous ''Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range''. An American climbing party led by Brownell Bergen completed the first successful rock climbing expedition to the peaks in 1964.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/gaar/naturescience/upload/arrigetch%20final%20report%20compressed.pdf |title=History and Route Descriptions of Rock Climbs in the Arrigetch Peaks, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska |access-date=2011-08-16 |archive-date=2012-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108181418/http://www.nps.gov/gaar/naturescience/upload/arrigetch%20final%20report%20compressed.pdf |url-status=dead }}][{{cite journal | title = The Granite Towers of the Arrigetch, Brooks Range | first = Jeanne | last = Bergen | url = https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196531500/The-Granite-Towers-of-Arrigetch-Brooks-Range | journal = American Alpine Journal | date = 1965 |issn = 0065-6925 | volume = #15 | issue = 39 | access-date = 23 May 2025 }}][{{cite journal | title = Arrigetch | url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1967_files/AJ%201967%20109-116%20Westmacott%20Arrigetch.pdf | journal =Alpine Journal | date =1967 | pages = 109–116 | issn = 0065-6569 | first = Michael | last=Westmacott | volume =#72 | access-date = 23 May 2025}}] The peaks have been visited by a number of rock climbing expeditions since then.
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* Marshall, Robert. Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1956. {{ISBN|0-520-01711-0}}
* Marshall, Robert. Arctic Wilderness. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1933.
* Wood, Michael and Colby Coombs. Alaska: A Climbing Guide. Seattle: The Mountaineers. 2001. {{ISBN|0-89886-724-X}}
* List of rock climbing routes in the Arrigetch Peaks [http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/arrig/index.htm] Retrieved on 2008-3-1
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Category:Landforms of Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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Category:National Natural Landmarks in Alaska
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