Information About

Mount Turner

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 0' 6.077" N,
137 ° 16' 54.142" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

8563 ft (2610 m)

Mount Turner in Detail.

About

In Glacier Bay National Monument, on Alaska-Canada boundary, 4.3 mi. SW of Mount Porde and 90 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for George Turner, 1850-1932, who was Boundary Commissioner in 1903. He was U.S. Senator from Washington, 1887-1903, and a member of the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 1913-14. The name was published on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8000 in 1908.