Mount Igikpak

{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, U.S.}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Igikpak

| native_name = {{Native_name|ik|Iġġiqpak}}

| photo = Mount Igikpak, 9-00 AM - DPLA - 768f307563c238034475dd80a7a528d9 (cropped).jpg

| photo_size = 250

| photo_caption = Northwest face, 1973

| elevation_ft = 8276

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_ft = 6076

| prominence_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/AK5000.html|title=Alaskan ultra-prominent peaks|publisher=peaklist.org|access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133204/http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/AK5000.html%0A|url-status=live}}

| range = Brooks Range

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|North America isolated peaks 41st

|US most prominent peaks 60th

}}

| location = Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

| map = Alaska

| map_caption = Alaska

| map_size = 270

| coordinates = {{coord|67|24|47|N|154|57|59|W|type:mountain_region:US_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Survey Pass B-4

| first_ascent = 1968 by David Roberts, Chuck Loucks and Al De Maria

| easiest_route =

}}

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Mount Igikpak (Iñupiaq: Iġġiqpak) is the highest peak in the Schwatka Mountains region of the Brooks Range. It is also the tallest mountain in Gates of the Arctic National Park, located in the US state of Alaska. Some sources list the height of its summit at {{convert|8,510|ft|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/search/query-meta?v%3Aproject=NPS&q=Igikpak&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fgaar|title=Mount Igikpak search on nps.gov}} Mount Igikpak is in the south central part of the national park, very close to the source of the Noatak River and not far from the Arrigetch Peaks. Its name comes from the Iñupiaq word Iġġiqpak, meaning 'big mountain'.

Climbing History

The first ascent of Mount Igikpak was completed August 9, 1968 by David Roberts, Chuck Loucks, and Al De Maria.{{cite bivouac|id=7688|name=Mount Igikpak|access-date=2022-08-21}}

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