Information About

Dora Keen Range

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 19' 30" N,
147 ° 31' 31.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Glacier View

Parent

Chugach Mountains

Mountains

Mount Glenn,

Elevation

4751 ft (1448.1 m)

Dora Keen Range in Detail.

About

In the Chugach Mountains, extending NE from College Point to Mount Witherspoon, and forming the divide between Harvard and Yale Glaciers, 40 mi NW of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 30 miles long.

History

Named in 1956 by Lawrence Nielson for Dora Keen Handy (1871-1963), who, in 1914, led the first expedition into this area and in 1912 made the first ascent of Mount Blackburn.

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-2 (1960), Anchorage B-2 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-2 SE (2013),
Places Near Dora Keen Range
Bays:

Yale Arm,

Glaciers:

Baby Glacier, Brilliant Glacier, Dartmouth Glacier, Downer Glacier, Eliot Glacier, Harvard Glacier, Lowell Glacier, Meares Glacier, Muth Glacier, Pedro Glacier, Radcliffe Glacier, Ranney Glacier, Yale Glacier,

Mountains:

Mount Castner, Mount Glenn, Mount Grosvenor,

Peaks:

Camels Hump, Icing Peak,

Ridges:

Dora Keen Range,

Streams:

Ranney Creek,