Mount Parker (Alaska)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Parker

| photo = Mount Parker, Alaska.jpg

| photo_caption = Northwest aspect, above Lamplugh Glacier

| elevation_ft = 3170.

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=570|name=Mount Parker, Alaska|access-date=2024-02-10}}

| prominence_ft = 220.

| prominence_ref={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/187714|title=Parker, Mount - 3,170' Alaska|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}

| isolation_mi = 1.65

| isolation_ref =

| etymology = Abraham L. Parker[https://books.google.com/books?id=1SS2wmAV_mQC&dq=mount+parker+glacier+bay&pg=PA829 United States Congress House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs], 1962, US Government Printing Office, p. 829.

| range = Saint Elias Mountains
Fairweather Range

| part_type = Protected area | part = Glacier Bay National Park

| country = United States

| state = Alaska

| region = Hoonah–Angoon

| region_type = Census Area

| map = USA Alaska

| map_caption = Location in Alaska

| label_position = left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Parker

| coordinates = {{coord|58.8625421|N|136.8862367|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=1424145|name=Mount Parker|access-date=2024-02-10}}

| topo = USGS Mount Fairweather D-3

| age = Cretaceous

| rock = Granodiorite

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Parker is a {{convert|3170.|ft|m|0|adj=on}} mountain summit in the US state of Alaska.

Description

Mount Parker is located in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. It is set within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and is situated {{convert|3.4|mi|km}} east of Mount Cooper. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises from tidewater of Glacier Bay in {{convert|1.7|mi|km}} and the west face rises 2,000 feet (610 m) above the Lamplugh Glacier in {{convert|0.5|mi|km|abbr=on}}. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Parker is located in a marine subpolar 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 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }} Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Saint Elias Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports the Reid and Lamplugh glaciers on opposite sides of this peak.

Geology

The dominant rock of the Mount Parker area between Lamplugh Glacier and Reid Glacier is granodiorite and quartz diorite which contains quartz vein gold lodes. The gold was processed by six mines of the Reid Inlet gold area. The LeRoy Mine was the largest mine, discovered in 1938 by Gustavus founder and resident, Abraham L. Parker (1866–1941), and his son, Leslie F. Parker.{{cite book|last1=Rossman|first1=Darwin|title=Geology and Ore Deposits in the Reid Inlet Area, Glacier Bay, Alaska, USGS Bulletin 1058-B|date=1959|publisher=US Government Printing Office|location=Washington|pages=38–41}}[https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/glba/adhi/chap7.htm A History of Administration and Visitor Use in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve], Chapter VII:

Private Interests and a Second Boundary Adjustment, nps.gov, Retrieved 2024-02-10.

References

External links

Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5556256/United%20States/Alaska/Hoonah-Angoon%20Census%20Area/Mount%20Parker Mount Parker]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Mount Parker

| North = Glacier Bay

| Northeast = Russell Island

| East = Reid Inlet

| Southeast = Mount Aleutka

| South = Reid Glacier

| Southwest = Lamplugh Glacier

| West = Mount Cooper

| Northwest = Johns Hopkins Inlet

}}

Category:Saint Elias Mountains