Information About

Mount Eielson

Quick Facts

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Location

63 ° 22' 54.998" N,
150 ° 19' 18.001" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Talkeetna

Elevation

5758 ft (1755.04 m)

Mount Eielson in Detail.

About

in Denali National Park, 3.5 mi. S of Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska Range

History

Named by U.S. Congress on June 14, 1930, for Carl Ben Eielson "in honor of the pioneer work in aviation performed in Alaska and the North ***." Eielson had recently been killed in a plane crash in Siberia. The local name "Copper Mountain" was reported in 1925 by S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

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Places Near Mount Eielson
Capes:

Green Point,

Glaciers:

Muldrow Glacier, Sunrise Glacier, Sunset Glacier,

Lakes:

Bergh Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Castle Rock, Mount Eielson, Mount Galen, Gravel Mountain, Green Dome, Mount Mather, Red Mountain, Scott Peak, Mount Sheldon, Stony Hill, Sunset Peak, Wedge Peak,

Mountain Passes:

The Notch, Anderson Pass, Highway Pass, Thorofare Pass,

Ridges:

Copper Mountain Bar,

Streams:

Boundary Creek, Camp Creek, Contact Creek, Crystal Creek, Fault Creek, Glacier Creek, Gorge Creek, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Intermittent Creek, Little Stony Creek, Myrtle Creek, Pirate Creek, Sunrise Creek, Whistler Creek, Wolverine Creek,