Information About

Mount Cardozo

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 21' 25.999" N,
147 ° 12' 40" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

10856 ft (3308.91 m)

Mount Cardozo in Detail.

About

Located at the head of Yale Glacier, 35 miles northwest of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.

History

Named for Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938), Supreme Court Justice. Name published as "Mt. Cardoza" by Lawrence Nielsen in "Climbs in the Central Chugach Mountains, Alaska" (Appalachia magazine, Dec. 1957). Mount Cardozo published by Nielsen, 1963, p135.