Information About

Rhino Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 33' 33.001" N,
134 ° 26' 8.002" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Parent

Coast Mountains

Elevation

5761 ft (1755.95 m)

Rhino Peak in Detail.

About

at head of Mendenhall Glacier, 2 mi. NE of Mendenhall Towers and 18 mi. N of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Descriptive name published in 1960 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project have proposed to change the name to Rhino Horn.

Rhino Peak Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Rhino Peak.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-2 SE (2017),
Places Near Rhino Peak
Bars:

Battleship Reef,

Basins:

Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Upper Basin,

Capes:

Mendenhall Peninsula, Sunny Point,

Cliffs:

Two Echo Cliffs,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,

Glaciers:

Battle Glacier, Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Echo Glacier, Herbert Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Ptarmigan Glacier, Southwest Branch Taku Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Hills:

Pederson Hill, Tolch Rock,

Lakes:

Auke Lake, Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek,

Mine:

Lemon Creek Pit, Lower Montana Creek Mine, Nugget Creek Mine,

Mountains:

Amherst Peak, Bullard Mountain, Cairn Peak, Camp 15 Peak, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Centurian Peak, Deadview Peak, Dike Mountain, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Emperor Peak, Flower Tower, Folded Towers, Glacier Grub Tower, Glacier King, Guardian Mountain, Horn Spire, Juncture Peak, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, Martin Peak, Matin Peak, McGinnis Mountain, Mustang Peak, North Nugget Spire, Nugget Mountain, Observation Peak, Princess Peak, Rhino Peak, Scorpion Peak, Shoehorn Mountain, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Spencer Peak, Split Thumb, Stroller White Mountain, Stronghold Peak, Taku Towers, Thunder Mountain, Topless Peak, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk, Vesper Peak, Mount Wrather,

Mountain Passes:

Echo Pass, Echo Pass, Igloo Pass,

Mountain Ranges:

Taku Range,

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Blackerby Ridge, Canyon Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, Icefall Spires, Mendenhall Towers, Nugget Towers, Ptarmigan Ridge, Sol Thumb, Spirit Range, The Thoroughfare, The Wall,

Rivers:

Mendenhall River,

Streams:

Arastra Creek, Auke Creek, Bacon Creek, Bay Creek, Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Duck Creek, Fall Creek, Goat Creek, Jordan Creek, Lake Creek, Lemon Creek, McGinnis Creek, Montana Creek, Nugget Creek, Sawmill Creek, Steep Creek, Switzer Creek, Vista Creek,

Routes:

Lemon Creek Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, West Glacier Trail,

Valleys:

Death Valley, Mendenhall Valley,

Cities:

Lemon Creek, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Vanderbilt Hill,