Information About

Mount Foresta

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 11' 30.001" N,
139 ° 25' 59.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

10712 ft (3265.02 m)

Mount Foresta in Detail.

About

In the Saint Elias Mountains, 18.5 km (11.5 mi) NW of Mount Seattle and 74 km (46 mi) N of Yakutat.

History

Named for Foresta Hodgson Wood (1904-1951), who was responsible for the logistics planning of Project Snow Cornice of the Arctic Institute of North America, and who, with her daughter, was killed in an airplane crash in the area of this mountain about July 27, 1951. (See also Valerie Glacier southwest of this mountain.) The name was proposed in 1957 by the Arctic Institute of North America.

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 A-4 (1985), Mount Saint Elias A-4 NW (2017),

Places Near Mount Foresta

Bars:

New Reef,

Glaciers:

Haenke Glacier, Hubbard Glacier, Miller Glacier, Valerie Glacier, Variegated Glacier,

Islands:

Osier Island,

Mountains:

Mount Foresta,