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Sitth-gha-ee Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 6' 14" N,
135 ° 56' 3.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Parent

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation

5577 ft (1699.87 m)

Sitth-gha-ee Peak in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, 2.7 mi. NW of Coleman Peak and 33 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.

History

Tlingit Indian name reported to mean "great cold lake," which refers to Glacier Bay at the time of John Muir's visit in 1879. "They told us that th bay was called by them Sit-a-da-kay, or Ice Bay; that there were many large ice mountains in it***." (Muir, 1915, p. 143). The name was published by the American Georgraphical Society in 1947. published by the america geogrophical sovety 1947.

Topo Maps

Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway A-3 (1954), Skagway A-3 (1954), Skagway A-3 (1954), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway A-3 SE (2017),
Places Near Sitth-gha-ee Peak
Bays:

Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Muir Inlet, Nunatak Cove,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Rowlee Point, Vanderbilt Point, Westdahl Point,

Glaciers:

Arthur Glacier, Aurel Glacier, Bertha Glacier, Casement Glacier, Dickinson Glacier, Girdled Glacier, Krisha Glacier, McBride Glacier, Takhin Glacier, Willard Glacier,

Islands:

Sealers Island,

Lakes:

Berg Lake,

Mountains:

Berg Mountain, Black Mountain, Chunekukleik Mountain, Coleman Peak, Mount Elder, Mount Jonathan Ward, Mount Krause, The Nunatak, Nunatak Knob, Red Mountain, Sitth-gha-ee Peak, Snow Dome,

Peaks:

Mount Dech, Mount Tajis, Mount Tlingit Ankawoo,

Mountain Ranges:

Takhinsha Mountains,

Ridges:

McConnell Ridge, Takhin Ridge, Van Horn Ridge,

Streams:

Berg Creek, Forest Creek,

Valleys:

Granite Canyon, Howling Valley,