Mount Wordie
{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Wordie
| photo = Mt. Wordie.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Wordie, west aspect
(summit at upper left)
| elevation_ft = 4700
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=624|name=Mount Wordie, Alaska|accessdate=2020-02-05}}
| prominence_ft = 1046
| isolation_mi = 1.28
| range = Takhinsha Mountains
Alsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
| parent_peak = Mount Merriam (5,083 ft)
| listing =
| location = Glacier Bay National Park
Hoonah-Angoon
Alaska, United States
| map = USA Alaska
| map_caption = Location in Alaska
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Wordie
| coordinates = {{coord|58|56|27|N|136|28|30|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = USGS Mount Fairweather D-2
| rock =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = South slope, West ridge{{cite bivouac|id=21849|name=Mount Wordie|accessdate=2020-02-05}}
}}
Mount Wordie is a 4,700+ foot (1,433+ meter) mountain summit located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains, in southeast Alaska.{{cite gnis|id=1415839|name=Mount Wordie|accessdate=2020-02-05}} The mountain is situated {{convert|80|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Juneau, {{convert|4|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} south of Carroll Glacier, and {{convert|3.1|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Mount Merriam which is the nearest higher peak. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant as the mountain rises up from tidewater in less than two miles. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Glacier Bay Basin. Weather permitting, Mount Wordie can be seen from Queen Inlet and Wachusett Inlet of Glacier Bay, which is a popular destination for cruise ships.
Etymology
The mountain was named by members of a 1941 Glacier Bay expedition for James Mann Wordie (1889-1962), a Scottish polar explorer, glacier geologist, and President of the Royal Geological Society from 1951 through 1954. Wordie visited nearby Muir Glacier in Glacier Bay in 1913.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wordie has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild 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 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606|doi-access=free }} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing the peak.
Gallery
File:Mount Wordie.jpg|Mt. Wordie from southwest
File:James Mann Wordie - c. 1914.jpg|James Wordie
See also
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References
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