Information About

Mount Elusive

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Chugach Mountains

Elevation:

11358 ft (3461.92 m)

About

In Chugach Mountains, Dora Keen Range, 3 mi NE of Mount Witherspoon and 36 mi NW of Valdez.

History of Mount Elusive

So named because "of its elusive character in trying to locate its position on the map from aerial photos." Named about 1957 by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 NE (2016),

Places Near Mount Elusive

Glaciers:

Nelchina Glacier, Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Flat Top Peak, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Haley, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Sharkstooth Mountain, Mount Siegfried, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Peaks:

Camels Hump,