Information About

Mount Root

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 59' 12.671" N,
137 ° 29' 44.635" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

11890 ft (3624.07 m)

Mount Root in Detail.

About

On the Alaska-Canada boundary, NW of Hoonah, 5 mi N of Mount Fairweather, St. Elias Mountains.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and published in 1908 on Chart 8000. The feature was named for Elihu Root, 1845-1937. Root was a member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and U.S. Secretary of War, 1899-1904, under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt; Secretary of State, 1905-09, under President Roosevelt; and U.S. Senator from New York 1909-15. He was also a member of the Hague Tribunal.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-5 NE (2017),
Places Near Mount Root
Glaciers:

Desolation Glacier, Fairweather Glacier, Sea Otter Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Escures, Mount Fairweather, Lituya Mountain, Mount Lodge, Mount Quincy Adams, Mount Root, Mount Salisbury, Mount Turner, Mount Watson,