Information About

Mount Augusta

Quick Facts

Open in The Map

Location

60 ° 18' 20.722" N,
140 ° 27' 36.007" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

13783 ft (4201.06 m)

Mount Augusta in Detail.

About

on Alaska-Canada boundary, 16 mi. E of Mount St. Elias and 58 mi. NNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1891 by I. C. Russell, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for his wife J. Augusta Olmsted Russell. It was first climbed July 4, 1952 (Farquhar, 1959, p.213).

Topo Maps

Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mount Saint Elias B-7 (1985), Mount Saint Elias B-7 SW (2017),

Places Near Mount Augusta

Glaciers:

Augusta Glacier, Cascade Glacier, Hitchcock Glacier, Pinnacle Glacier, Seward Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Augusta, Boundary Peak 184, Mount Owen, Point Glorious,

Mountain Passes:

Dome Pass, Pinnacle Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Hitchcock Hills,

Ridges:

Pinnacle Pass Hills,