Information About

Mount Wright

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 42' 10.001" N,
137 ° 13' 0.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

8766 ft (2671.88 m)

Mount Wright in Detail.

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

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.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-4 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-4 NW (2017),

Places Near Mount Wright

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet,

Capes:

Glaciers:

Cascade Glacier, Charley Glacier, Clark Glacier, Dagelet Glacier, Finger Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Hoonah Glacier, Huscroft Glacier, John Glacier, Johns Hopkins Glacier, Kadachan Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Klooch Glacier, Lookout Glacier, North Crillon Glacier, La Perouse Glacier, South Crillon Glacier, Toyatte Glacier, Tyeen Glacier,

Lakes:

Crillon Lake, Grassy Pond,

Mountains:

Mount Abbe, Mount Bertha, Cairn Peak, Carin Peak, Mount Crillon, Mount Dagelet, Mount Klooch, Mount La Perouse, Middle Dome, North Dome, Mount Orville, Ptarmigan Dome, Mount Salisbury, South Dome, Mount Wilbur, Mount Wright,

Mountain Ranges:

Fairweather Range,

Ridges:

Rivers:

Crillon River, Dagelet River,

Valleys: