Information About

Hitchcock Hills

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 6' 11.999" N,
140 ° 19' 50.002" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Parent

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation

5800 ft (1767.84 m)

Hitchcock Hills in Detail.

About

estends SW from Pinnacle Pass to Malaspina Glacier, 43 mi. NW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. 8 miles long.

History

Named Hitchcock Range in 1890 by Russell (1891, p. 112), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Edward Hitchcock, In acknowledgement of the services to science rendered by the first state geologist of Massachusetts.

Topo Maps

Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mount Saint Elias A-7 (1985), Mount Saint Elias A-7 SE (2017),

Places Near Hitchcock Hills

Glaciers:

Augusta Glacier, Cascade Glacier, Hitchcock Glacier, Marvine Glacier, Pinnacle Glacier, Seward Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Augusta, Blossom Island, Boundary Peak 184, Mount Owen, Point Glorious,

Mountain Passes:

Dome Pass, Pinnacle Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Hitchcock Hills,

Ridges:

Pinnacle Pass Hills,