Mount Wright (Alaska)

Mount Wright is a 5,054-foot (1,540 m) mountain located in the eastern Alaskan panhandle, on the east side of Muir Inlet, just north of Glacier Bay within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

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Mount Wright
Mount Wright from southwest
Highest point
Elevation5,054 feet (1,540 m)[1]
Prominence1,850 feet (560 m) [2]
Parent peakMount Case
ListingMountains of Alaska
Coordinates58°47′52″N 136°01′38″W [3]
Geography
Mount Wright
LocationGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Fairweather D-1[3]

Location

Mount Wright is south of Adams Inlet, Dirt Gulch, and Dirt Glacier, to the east of Garforth Island in Muir Inlet, west of White Glacier, and the Chilkat Range[4] and 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Hoonah, Saint Elias Mountains.

History

Mount Wright was named by Dr. Harry Fielding Reid in 1891 after George Frederick Wright who spent some time in the Glacier Bay area in 1886. Forty-three miles to the west is another mountain also called Mount Wright.[3]

Mt. Wright centered with Mt. Case behind right

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wright has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Glacier Bay Basin.

Fauna

The area has a high population of mountain goats.[6]

References
  1. "Dirt Glacier". Alaska Guide. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. "Mount Wright, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  3. "Feature Detail Report for: Mount Wright". GNIS. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. "Dirt Glacier". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  5. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  6. DuFresne, Jim (1987). Glacier Bay National Park: A Backcountry Guide to the Glaciers and Beyond. The Mountaineers Books. p. 61. ISBN 9780898861327. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
Glacier Bay basin
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