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Mount Armour

Mount Armour

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 8750 ft (2667 m)
About

On the Alaska-Canada boundary 4 mi SE of Mount Aylesworth and 44 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History of Mount Armour

Named jointly by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) in 1923 for John D. Armour, Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada and one of the original British members of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903. Name was proposed by Lawrence Martin of the U.S. State Department.