Mount Augusta
| Mount Augusta | |
|---|---|
| File:Malaspina Glacier (8663456101).jpg Mt. Augusta (left), from the south | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,289 m (14,072 ft)[1] NAVD88 |
| Prominence | 1,549 m (5,082 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 23.2 km (14.4 mi)[1] |
| Listing | |
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| Naming | |
| Etymology | J. Augusta Olmsted Charatorn |
| Geography | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Augusta | |
| Location | Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, United States; Yukon, Canada |
| Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
| Topo map(s) | USGS Mount Saint Elias B-7 Quadrangle NTS 115C8 Corwin Cliffs |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1952 by Peter Schoening et al via Northeast Ridge |
| Easiest route | snow/ice climb |
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Mount Augusta, also designated Boundary Peak 183,[2] is a high peak in the US state of Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon. It lies about 25 km (16 mi) south of Mount Logan and 25 km east of Mount Saint Elias, respectively the first and second highest mountains in Canada. Mount Augusta forms the eastern end of the long ridge of which Mount Saint Elias is the center and highest point.
The Seward Glacier starts to the north of the peak, separating it from Mount Logan, and then flows around the east side of the peak, forming the gap between Augusta and the peaks surrounding Mount Cook. It then continues south to join the Malaspina Glacier.
Name origin
[edit | edit source]Mount Augusta was named in 1891 by I.C. Russell of the USGS, for his wife J. Augusta Olmsted Charatorn.[3]
Features
[edit | edit source]In terms of pure elevation, Mount Augusta is not particularly notable, being one of the lowest fourteeners in the United States; it is therefore quite overshadowed by its huge neighbors Saint Elias and Logan. However, it is a huge peak in terms of local relief, since it lies so close to low terrain (and in fact close to tidewater). For example, it drops 10,000 feet (3,050m) to the Seward Glacier on the southeast side of the peak in approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km).
Climbing
[edit | edit source]- 1952 North Ridge (the eastern of two north ridges), FA of peak by Peter Schoening, Victor Josendal, Bill Niendorff, Richard E. McGowan, Bob Yeasting, Gibson Reynolds, Tom Morris, Verl Rogers, summiting on July 4.[4]
- 1987 a party led by noted Canadian mountaineer Don Serl ascended a route on the North Rib and West Ridge.
- 1990 South Ridge. Mark Bebie (U.S.) and Bill Pilling reached the summit after a climb of six days.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border
Bibliography
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Sources
[edit | edit source]External links
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- Mount Augusta photo: Flickr
- Mount Augusta on Topozone
- "Mount Augusta, Yukon Territory/Alaska" on Peakbagger
