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Mount Nesselrode

Mount Nesselrode

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Haines
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7995 ft (2436.88 m)
About

On Alaska-Canada boundary, 7 mi NNW of Mount Olgilvie, 2.8 mi. NE of Mount Bressler and 46 mi. N of Juneau, Coast Mountains.

History of Mount Nesselrode

Named in 1924 by Lawrence Martin, Department of State, for Count Karl Robert Nessellrode, 1780-1862, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1816-56, and a plenipotentiary in 1924 in negotiations with the United States regarding the Alaskan boundary.