Information About

Lituya Mountain

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Haines

Parent:

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation:

11716 ft (3571.04 m)

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.8 mi. SW of Mount Salisbury, 87 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Lituya Mountain

Name published in Russian by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "G(ora) L'tua " meaning "Lituya Mountain;" named for Lituya Bay.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 SE (2017),

Places Near Lituya Mountain

Bays:

Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Lituya Glacier, Lookout Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, South Crillon Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Cairn Peak, Carin Peak, Mount Fairweather, Grassy Mountain, Mount Klooch, Lituya Mountain, Mount Orville, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Root, Mount Salisbury, South Billy Goat Mountain, Mount Turner, Mount Watson, Mount Wilbur,

Ridges:

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Coal Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Mudslide Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley, Great Valley,