Information About

Mount Emerson

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 7' 1.999" N,
148 ° 1' 1.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Glacier View

Elevation

4728 ft (1441.09 m)

Mount Emerson in Detail.

About

on W bank of College Fiord, 8 mi. N of Point Pakenham and 63 mi. E of Anchorage; Chugach Mts.

History

named in 1908 by U. S. Grant and D. F. Higgins, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Benjamin Kendall Emerson, 1843-1920, professor of geology at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage A-3 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-3 SW (2016),

Places Near Mount Emerson

Bays:

Barry Arm, Barry Arm Port Wells, College Fiord, Harrison Lagoon, Hobo Bay,

Capes:

Coghill Point, Point Doran, Pakenham Point,

Channels:

Doran Strait,

Glaciers:

Amherst Glacier, Barnard Glacier, Barry Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Cap Glacier, Cascade Glacier, Coxe Glacier, Crescent Glacier, Holyoke Glacier, Tommy Glacier, Vassar Glacier, Wellesley Glacier,

Lakes:

Coghill Lake, Davis Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Coville, Mount Curtis, Mount Emerson, Mount Gannett, Mount Goode,

Rivers:

Avery River, Coghill River,

Streams:

Lagoon Creek,

Cities:

Golden,