Information About

Mount Moffit

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 34' 7" N,
146 ° 23' 47" W

Region

Southeast Fairbanks (CA)

Nearest City

Delta Junction

Elevation

12861 ft (3920.03 m)

Mount Moffit in Detail.

About

Between the eastern two of the three forks of Trident Glacier, 10.5 mi ESE of Mount Hayes, Alaska Range

History

Named in 1950 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Fred Howard Moffit (1874-1958) who, as a geologist with the Alaskan Branch of U.S.Geological Survey, worked in Alaska for 40 years and authored over fifty publications devoted to Alaskan geology and mining.