Information About

Mount Crillon

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 39' 47.002" N,
137 ° 10' 22.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

12064 ft (3677.11 m)

Mount Crillon in Detail.

About

in Fairweather Range in Glacier Bay National Monument at head of Perouse Glacier, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by La Perouse (1797, v. 2, p. 219) about July 2, 1786, for General Louis des Balbes de Berton, Duke of Crillon, 1543-1615, "who distinguished himself at Lepanto and fought for Henri III and Henri IV" (Farquhar, 1959, p. 215).