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Pinnacle Pass

Pinnacle Pass

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 4780 ft (1456.94 m)
About

between Hitchcock Hills and Pinnacle Pass Hills, 26 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History of Pinnacle Pass

I. C. Russell (1891, p. 130), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), wrote: "The pass we named 'Pinnacle Pass,' on account of the many towering pinnacles overshadowing it."