Mount Edison
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Alaska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Edison
| photo = Mount Edison, August 24, 1964.jpg
| photo_caption = Aerial view from northwest
| elevation_ft = 11450
| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32937|title=Edison, Mount - 11,450' Alaska|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2020-03-25}}
| prominence_ft = 400
| isolation_mi = 0.79
| range = Chugach Mountains
| parent_peak = Mount Witherspoon (12,012 ft)
| listing =
| location = Chugach National Forest
Valdez-Cordova Borough
Alaska, United States
| map = USA Alaska
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location in Alaska
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Edison
| coordinates = {{coord|61|24|23|N|147|11|27|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = USGS Anchorage B-1
| type =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
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Mount Edison is an {{convert|11450|ft|m|0|adj=on}} elevation glaciated summit located {{convert|36|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. Set on land managed by Chugach National Forest, this remote peak is situated {{convert|4.7|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Mount Einstein, near the head Columbia Glacier. It is part of the Dora Keen Range, which is a 25-miles-long divide separating Harvard Glacier from Yale Glacier. The mountain was named by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition in 1955, and later officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Thomas Edison (1847–1931), who has been described as America's greatest inventor.{{cite gnis|id=1401660|name=Mount Edison|accessdate=2020-03-25}}Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 301
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Edison is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool 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}} Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Glaciers surrounding this mountain. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing.
Gallery
File:Columbia Glacier, Head, Hanging Glacier, August 24, 1964 (GLACIERS 1068).jpg|Mts. Edison and Witherspoon, with Einstein upper right corner
File:Mount Elusive.jpg|Aerial view looking west with Mt. Elusive centered, Mt. Edison upper left, and Mt. Gilbert Lewis in upper right
File:Thomas Edison2.jpg|Thomas Edison circa 1922
See also
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References
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