Information About

Mount Witherspoon

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 23' 43.001" N,
147 ° 12' 5" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Eureka

Elevation

11857 ft (3614.01 m)

Mount Witherspoon in Detail.

About

in Dora Keen Range, at head of Columbia Glacier, 36 mi. NW of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1928 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for David C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographer, "who at the time of his retirement in 1921 had mapped a greater area of Alaska than any other man."