Information About

Mount Wright

Mount Wright

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 8766 ft (2671.88 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, in Fairweather Range 3.3 mi. NW of Mount Crillon and 80 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Mount Wright

This feature presumably was named for Frederick Eugene Wright or Charles Will Wright (or both), geologists and brothers who worked in SE Alaska for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) about 1904-1905. There is another Mount Wright 43 mi. E of this feature.