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Mount Crillon

Mount Crillon

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 12064 ft (3677.11 m)
Fatalities:
  • 3
About

in Fairweather Range in Glacier Bay National Monument at head of Perouse Glacier, St. Elias Mts.

History of Mount Crillon

Named by La Perouse (1797, v. 2, p. 219) about July 2, 1786, for General Louis des Balbes de Berton, Duke of Crillon, 1543-1615, "who distinguished himself at Lepanto and fought for Henri III and Henri IV" (Farquhar, 1959, p. 215).

Fatalities
July 20, 20243 people died plane piloting Read More