Mount Seattle

Mount Seattle is a 10,350-foot (3,150 m) peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It was named for the city of Seattle, home of the "camp hands" of a 19th-century National Geographic Society–United States Geological Survey scientific expedition to the Hubbard Glacier and Mount Saint Elias.[3] It is called the "most prominent Alaskan coastal peak" and blocks sight of larger inland peaks, even Mount Logan nearly twice its height.[4]

Mount Seattle
Mount Seattle above Hubbard Glacier
Highest point
Elevation	10,350 ft (3,150 m) [1]
Prominence	5,494 ft (1,675 m) [1]
Listing	United States prominent peak 87th
Coordinates	60°05′19″N 139°11′54″W [2]
Geography
Mount Seattle Alaska
Location	Yakutat, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map	USGS Mount Saint Elias A-4
Climbing
First ascent	Fred Beckey team, 1966

It was first ascended in May 1966 by Fred Beckey, Eric Bjornstad and four other climbers.[4][5][6]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of Ultras of the United States

References

1. "Mount Seattle, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
2. "Mount Seattle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
3. Newton Horace Winchell, ed. (January 1891), "Explorations in Alaska", The American Geologist, p. 34
4. Beckey, Fred (2013), Fred Beckey's 100 Favorite North American Climbs, Patagonia, p. 11, ISBN 1938340094
5. Becky, Fred (1965), "Mt. Seattle – First Ascent", Canadian Alpine Journal, Alpine Club of Canada, 48–52, p. 58
6. Fred Beckey (1967), "Mt. Seattle—19 Days at the 60th Parallel", The Mountaineer (annual), Seattle: The Mountaineers, p. 81

Further reading

• Donald J. Liska (1967), "Mount Seattle—From Sea to Summit", American Alpine Journal, American Alpine Club, pp. 265–268

Mount Seattle and Hubbard Glacier

External links

• Media related to Mount Seattle at Wikimedia Commons