Information About

Fulton Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 4' 21" N,
132 ° 59' 21.001" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kupreanof

Elevation

3176 ft (968.04 m)

Fulton Peak in Detail.

About

N of Frederick Sound, 3 mi. W of Purt Point Lake and 94 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Robert Fulton, 1765-1815, American inventor, engineer, and painter, who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful American steamboat, launched in 1807. The name was published in 1889 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).