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

Parent

St. Elias Mountains

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.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 SE (2017),

Places Near Lituya Mountain

Bays:

Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Lituya Glacier, Lookout Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, South Crillon Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Cairn Peak, Carin Peak, Mount Fairweather, Grassy Mountain, Mount Klooch, Lituya Mountain, Mount Orville, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Root, Mount Salisbury, South Billy Goat Mountain, Mount Turner, Mount Watson, Mount Wilbur,

Ridges:

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Coal Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Mudslide Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley, Great Valley,