Information About

Mount Watson

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 0' 31" N,
137 ° 33' 15.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

12267 ft (3738.98 m)

Mount Watson in Detail.

About

2 mi. W of Alaska-Canada boundary, 6.5 mi. S of Mount Lodge, and 84 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1924 for David Thompson Watson, 1844-1916, lawyer, who was U.S. Counsel of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903. Watson was born in Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Harvard University The name was published in 1928 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 12 (1951 atlas).