Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains)

{{Short description|Mountain on Canada-United States border}}

{{For|New Zealand's highest peak|Aoraki / Mount Cook}}

{{One source|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Cook

| photo = Mount Foresta.jpg

| elevation_ft = 13766

| elevation_ref = {{ref|ht}}

| prominence_ft = 7713

| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/canada/yukon.html|title=Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut Ultra-Prominences|website=Peaklist.org|access-date=2013-01-13}}

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| North America highest peaks 79th

| North America prominent peak 48th

| Canada highest major peaks 16th

| US highest major peaks 61st

}}

| map = USA Alaska#Canada Yukon

| map_caption = Location in Alaska##Location in Yukon

| map_size =

| label_position = top#right

| location = Yukon, Canada—Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, U.S.{{ref|US}}

| range = Saint Elias Mountains

| coordinates = {{coord|60|10|55|N|139|58|51|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=KABJR|name=Mount Cook|access-date=2024-11-01}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|115|B|4}}

| first_ascent = 1953 by T Kelley, R McGowan, T Miller, F Mohling

| easiest_route =

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Mount Cook (or Boundary Peak 182) is a high peak on the Yukon Territory-Alaska border, in the Saint Elias Mountains of North America. It is approximately {{cvt|15|mi|km}} southwest of Mount Vancouver and {{cvt|35|mi|km}} miles east-southeast of Mount Saint Elias. It forms one of the corners of the jagged border, which is defined to run in straight lines between the major peaks. The same border also separates Kluane National Park in the Yukon Territory from Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Like many peaks of the Saint Elias Mountains, Mount Cook is a massive peak, with a large rise above local terrain. For example, the southwest face drops {{convert|10,000|ft|m}} to the Marvine Glacier in approximately {{convert|4|mi|km}}. It is also quite close to tidewater: Disenchantment Bay is less than {{convert|18|mi|km}} from the summit.

Mount Cook was first climbed in 1953. It is not often climbed due to its remoteness, the size of the mountain, the typically poor weather (due to its proximity to the ocean), and the fact that it is not one of the highest peaks of the range. In fact there are only four references to the peak in the complete index of the American Alpine Journal.