Information About

Hitchcock Hills

Hitchcock Hills

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 5800 ft (1767.84 m)
About

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

History of Hitchcock Hills

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.