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]

This article is about the mountain in Alaska. For the mountain in Olympic National Park, see Mount Seattle (Washington).
Mount Seattle
Mount Seattle above Hubbard Glacier
Highest point
Elevation10,350 ft (3,150 m)[1]
Prominence5,494 ft (1,675 m)[1]
Listing
Coordinates60°05′19″N 139°11′54″W[2]
Geography
Mount Seattle is located in Alaska
Mount Seattle
Mount Seattle
Alaska
LocationYakutat, Alaska, U.S.
Parent rangeSaint Elias Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Saint Elias A-4
Canada NTS 115B3 Mount Seattle
Climbing
First ascentFred Beckey team, 1966

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

See also

References
  1. "Mount Seattle, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  2. "Mount Seattle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 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 978-1938340093
  5. Becky, Fred (1965), "Mt. Seattle – First Ascent", Canadian Alpine Journal, Alpine Club of Canada, vol. 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
Mount Seattle and Hubbard Glacier
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