Information About

Mount Burkett

Quick Facts

Region:

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City:

Wrangell

Elevation:

9462 ft (2884.02 m)

About

1.5 mi. W of Alaska-Canada boundary, 6 mi. NE of Devils Thumb and 116 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History of Mount Burkett

Named by Julian D. Sears, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Lieutenant Eugene F. Burkett, U.S. Navy (USN), a member of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition of the Navy Department in 1926 and second in command of the Alaska Aerial Survey Detachment in 1929; Burkett was killed in an airplane crash in 1930.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum A-1 (1960), Sumdum A-1 (1960), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961),

Places Near Mount Burkett

Glaciers:

Baird Glacier, Witches Cauldron,

Mountains:

Boundary Peak 73, Mount Burkett, Devils Thumb, Mount T,

Mountain Ranges:

Admiral Range,

Slopes:

Cats Ears,