Information About

Browne Tower

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Browne Tower on The Map

Location

63 ° 6' 10.001" N,
150 ° 55' 40.001" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Sunset

Elevation

14107 ft (4299.81 m)

Browne Tower in Detail.

About

In Denali National Park, E of Parker Pass, 6.5 mi NE of the summit of Denali.

History

Named in 1913 by Archdeacon Stuck (1921, p.72) for Belmore Browne, 1880-1954, artist, author, and explorer, who, with H. C. Parker and Merl LaVoy, almost reached the south summit of Mount McKinley [Denali] on July 28, 1912, having been turned back by a storm (Farquhar, 1959, p. 227).