Information About

Mount Steller

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mount Steller on The Map

Location

60 ° 31' 7" N,
143 ° 5' 58.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

McCarthy

Elevation

9924 ft (3024.84 m)

Mount Steller in Detail.

About

on Waxell Ridge, 20.5 mi. SE of Mount Tom White and 90 mi. E of Cordova; Chugach Mts.

History

named in 1928 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for George Wilhelm Steller, naturalist with Vitus Bering on his discovery voyage in 1741. ashore and collected specimens on Kayak Island which is about 60 mi. SW of this peak.

Mount Steller Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Steller.

Topo Maps

Bering Glacier (1950), Bering Glacier (1951), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier (1959), Bering Glacier C-6 (1985), Bering Glacier C-6 SW (2014),
Places Near Mount Steller
Areas:

Bering Glacier System,

Glaciers:

Betge Glacier, Central Valley Reach, Kaliakh Lobe, Ovtsyn Glacier, Waxell Glacier, Yushin Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Steller,

Ridges:

Override Ridge, Waxell Ridge,