Moby Dick (Alaska)

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Moby Dick

| photo = Mt. Hayes and Moby Dick.jpg

| photo_caption = Moby Dick from the south
(Mount Hayes to left)

| elevation_ft = 12360

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=14677|name=Moby Dick|accessdate=2020-04-28}}

| prominence_ft = 2860

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 4.6

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Hayes (13,832 ft)

| range = Alaska Range
Hayes Range

| listing =

| map = USA Alaska

| range_coordinates =

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| label_position = left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Moby Dick

| location = Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Alaska, United States

| coordinates = {{coord|63|33|22|N|146|36|09|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount Hayes C-6

| first_ascent = 1964

| easiest_route =

| rock =

}}

Moby Dick is a {{convert|12360|ft|-1|abbr=on|}} elevation glaciated summit located at the head of the Trident Glacier in the eastern Alaska Range, in Alaska, United States. It is the fourth-highest peak in the Hayes Range, a subset of the Alaska Range. This remote peak is situated {{convert|5.7|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Mount Hayes, and {{convert|92|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Fairbanks. Mount Shand, the nearest higher neighbor, is set {{convert|4.7|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} to the east.

The first ascent of this unofficially named mountain was made in 1964 by Christopher Goetze, Lydia Goetze, Tom Knott, and Larry Muir.{{cite bivouac|id=35716|name=Moby Dick Peak|accessdate=2020-04-28}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Moby Dick is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} This climate supports the Trident, Susitna, and Black Rapids Glaciers surrounding this peak. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Susitna and Tanana River drainage basins.

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Gallery

File:Mt._Hayes_and_the_eastern_Alaska_Range_mountains.jpg|Hayes Range from the Denali Highway.
L→R: Mt. Balchen, Mt. Hayes, Moby Dick, Mt. Shand

File:Hayes, Moby Dick, pond.jpg|Mt. Hayes and Moby Dick

File:Moby Dick aerial.jpg|Aerial view looking east, Moby Dick centered with Susitna Glacier. Mts. Moffit and Shand upper right

File:Moby Dick (Alaska).jpg|Moby Dick

See also

References

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