Information About

Mount Wordie

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 56' 28" N,
136 ° 28' 34" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

4472 ft (1363.07 m)

Mount Wordie in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, 5 miles northwest of Mount Merriam and 81 miles northwest of Hoonah, St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1)

History

Named by members of the Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for James Mann Wordie, a British glacier geologist and polar explorer, who visited Muir Glacier in 1913. He was a Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, and on several expeditions to Greenland. (AK-T1)

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1950), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-2 NE (2017),

Places Near Mount Wordie

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Glacier Bay, Hugh Miller Inlet, Queen Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Scidmore Bay, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Gilbert Peninsula,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Islands:

Composite Island, Triangle Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Gable Mountain, Gullied Peak, Mount Kloh Kutz, Mount Merriam, Pyramid Peak, Sentinel Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Oberlin Ridge,