Information About

Mount Michelson

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mount Michelson on The Map

Location

61 ° 16' 50.002" N,
147 ° 13' 27.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Parent

Chugach Mountains

Elevation

8448 ft (2574.95 m)

Mount Michelson in Detail.

About

at head of Meares Glacier, 34 mi. NW of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named about 1957 by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135). Named for Albert Abraham Michelson, 1852-1931, American physicist.

Mount Michelson Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Michelson.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 SW (2013),
Places Near Mount Michelson
Glaciers:

First Branch Columbia Glacier (not official), Harvard Glacier, Meares Glacier, Pedro Glacier, Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Lakes:

Kadin Lake,

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Glenn, Great Nunatak, Mount Grosvenor, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,