Information About

Mount Pinta

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 40' 54.998" N,
139 ° 9' 34.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

5052 ft (1539.85 m)

Mount Pinta in Detail.

About

On the E side of Russell Fiord, 3 mi SE of Mount Ruhamah, 21 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1891 by for Israel Cook Russell (1892 p. 88), in 1891, for the U.S. Pinta, a "fourth rate man-of-war with small armament." It was used in 1885 by Lieutenant H. T. Allen, USA, and later by other Alaska survey parties.