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Mount Vancouver

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 20' 5.719" N,
139 ° 41' 33.05" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

15535 ft (4735.07 m)

Mount Vancouver in Detail.

About

mountain, 15,700 ft., on the Alaska-Canada boundary, 26 mi. E of Mount Augusta and 55 mi. N of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1874, for Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), 1757-98, British navigator who explored the SE coast of Alaska in 1792-94. The name was first published in the 1881 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Coast Pilot (p. 211). It was first climbed July 5, 1949 (Farquhar, 1959, p. 232).

Topo Maps

Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1951), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mt Saint Elias (1959), Mount Saint Elias B-5 (1985), Mount Saint Elias B-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Mount Vancouver
Glaciers:

Valerie Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Vancouver,