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Mount Augusta

{{Short description|Mountain on the Alaska–Yukon border}}

{{for multi|the hill in the Antarctic|Mount Augusta (Antarctica)|the mountain in Nevada|Mount Augusta (Nevada)}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Augusta

| photo = Malaspina Glacier (8663456101).jpg

| photo_caption = Mt. Augusta (left), from the south

| elevation_system = NAVD88

| elevation_m = 4289

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=551|title=Mount Augusta, Alaska-Yukon|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=January 6, 2016}}

| prominence_m = 1549

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_km = 23.2

| isolation_ref =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|North America highest peaks 55th

|North America prominent peaks

|Canada highest major peaks 14th

|US highest major peaks 41st

}}

| location = Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, United States;
Yukon, Canada

| range = Saint Elias Mountains

| map = USA Alaska#Canada Yukon

| map_caption = Location in Alaska##Location in Yukon

| map_size = 270

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Augusta

| coordinates = {{coord|60|18|19|N|140|27|37|W|type:mountain_region:US-NV_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount Saint Elias B-7 Quadrangle
NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|115|C|8}}

| first_ascent = 1952 by Peter Schoening et al via Northeast Ridge

| easiest_route = snow/ice climb

| etymology = J. Augusta Olmsted Russell

}}

Mount Augusta, also designated Boundary Peak 183,Orth p. 93 is a high peak in the US state of Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon. It lies about {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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

Mount Augusta was named in 1891 by I.C. Russell of the USGS, for his wife J. Augusta Olmsted Russell.{{cite gnis|id=1398465|name=Mount Augusta|accessdate=2009-11-06}}

Features

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

  • 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.Selters pp. 164–165
  • 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.Selters pp. 312–313

See also

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Bibliography

  • {{cite journal

| last = Orth | first = David J.

| title = Dictionary of Alaska place names | year = 1971

| publisher = US Government Printing Office

| series = Professional Paper | issue = 567 | id = USGS (200) qB no.567

| url = https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp567 | access-date = 2014-01-01 }}

  • {{cite book | last = Selters | first = Andy

| title = Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering

| publisher = American Alpine Club Press | year = 2004

| location = Golden, CO, USA | isbn = 0-930410-83-1

| url = http://www.andyselters.com/way.html | access-date = 2014-01-01 }}

  • {{cite book | author1 = Wood, Michael | author2 = Coombs, Colby | title = Alaska: A Climbing Guide | publisher = The Mountaineers | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-89886-724-4 | url = http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/Alaska-A-Climbing-Guide-P240.aspx | access-date = 2014-01-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202054838/http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/Alaska-A-Climbing-Guide-P240.aspx | archive-date = 2017-02-02 | url-status = dead }}

Sources

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External links

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  • Mount Augusta photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/36372544534/in/album-72157678911028175/ Flickr]
  • [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=60.3052&lon=-140.4602&s=1000&size=l&symshow=n&datum=nad83&layer=DRG250 Mount Augusta on Topozone]
  • [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=551 "Mount Augusta, Yukon Territory/Alaska" on Peakbagger]

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Category:Four-thousanders of Yukon

Category:Saint Elias Mountains

Category:Mountains of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

Category:Canada–United States border

Category:International mountains of North America

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