Information About

Blackcliff Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 23' 12.998" N,
147 ° 3' 42.998" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Parent

Chugach Mountains

Elevation

9938 ft (3029.1 m)

Blackcliff Mountain in Detail.

About

In the Chugach Mountains, near head of Columbia Glacier, 4.5 mi E of Mount Witherspoon and 33 mi NW of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.

History

Named about 1957 by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America, "for the prominent blackish cliff on its east face" (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135).

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 NE (2016),

Places Near Blackcliff Mountain

Glaciers:

Columbia Glacier, East Branch Columbia Glacier (not official), Science Glacier, Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Flat Top Peak, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Haley, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Pilot Peak, Mount Powder Top, Sharkstooth Mountain, Mount Siegfried, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Ridges:

Divider Mountain,