Information About

Mount Drum

Quick Facts

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Location

62 ° 6' 58" N,
144 ° 38' 16.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Chitina

Elevation

11581 ft (3529.89 m)

Mount Drum in Detail.

About

18 mi. SW of Mount Sanford and 21 mi. SE of Gulkana, Wrangell Mts.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 59), U.S. Army (USA), for Adjutant General Richard Coulter Drum, 1825-1909, who entered the army in 1846, served in the Mexican War, participated in an expedition against the Sioux Indians in 1956, and became a Brigadier General during the Civil War. It was first climbed June 4, 1954 by Heinrich Harrer, Keith Hart, and George Schaller (Farquhar, 1959, p. 219e.)

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Places Near Mount Drum
Glaciers:

Klawasi Glacier, Nadina Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Drum, Ruddy Mountain, Snider Peak,

Valleys:

Sheep Gulch,