Information About

Lituya Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 48' 20.999" N,
137 ° 26' 10" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

11716 ft (3571.04 m)

Lituya Mountain in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.8 mi. SW of Mount Salisbury, 87 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Name published in Russian by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "G(ora) L'tua " meaning "Lituya Mountain;" named for Lituya Bay.