Information About

Mount Sergeant Robinson

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 34' 35" N,
147 ° 50' 55" W

Region

Matanuska-Susitna

Nearest City

Palmer

Elevation

10190 ft (3105.91 m)

Mount Sergeant Robinson in Detail.

About

In the Chugach Mountains, 10.4 mi SSW of Mount Wickersham, 10 mi. NW of Mount Marcus Baker, 41 mi. E of Palmer, and 73 mi ENE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1965 by Senator E. L. Bartlett for Sergeant George F. Robinson, USA, (died 1907), who on April 14, 1865 thwarted the assassination attempt on Secretary of State William H.Seward, being himself severely wounded in action. The assassination attempt took place the same evening that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.