Mount Wright (Alaska)
{{short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}}
{{Other uses|Mount Wright}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Wright
| other_name =
| photo = Mount Wright from Glacier Bay.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Wright from southwest
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| elevation = {{Convert|5054|ft}}{{Cite web|url=https://alaska.guide/Glacier/Dirt-Glacier |title=Dirt Glacier|accessdate=2019-08-07|publisher=Alaska Guide}}
| elevation_ref =
| elevation_system =
| prominence = {{Convert|1850|ft}}
| prominence_ref = {{Cite peakbagger|pid=633 |name=Mount Wright, Alaska|accessdate=2019-08-07}}
| isolation =
| isolation_ref =
| range = Alsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
| parent_peak = Mount Case
| listing = Mountains of Alaska
| location = Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
| map = USA Alaska
| map_caption = Location in Alaska
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| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Wright
| coordinates = {{coord|58.7976627|N|136.0271834|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = USGS Mount Fairweather D-1
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Mount Wright is a {{convert|5,054|ft|m|0|sp=us|adj=on}} mountain located in the eastern Alaskan panhandle, on the east side of Muir Inlet, just north of Glacier Bay within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Location
Mount Wright is south of Adams Inlet, Dirt Gulch, and Dirt Glacier, to the east of Garforth Island in Muir Inlet, west of White Glacier, and the Chilkat Range{{Cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/24037192 |title=Dirt Glacier|accessdate=2019-08-07|publisher=Mapcarta}} and {{Convert|52|mi}} northwest of Hoonah, Saint Elias Mountains.
History
Mount Wright was named by Dr. Harry Fielding Reid in 1891 after George Frederick Wright who spent some time in the Glacier Bay area in 1886. Forty-three miles to the west is another mountain also called Mount Wright.{{Cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1415853,Mount%20Wright |title=Feature Detail Report for: Mount Wright|accessdate=2019-08-07|publisher=GNIS}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wright has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Glacier Bay Basin.
Fauna
The area has a high population of mountain goats.{{Cite book|title= Glacier Bay National Park: A Backcountry Guide to the Glaciers and Beyond|page=61|accessdate=2019-08-07|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_iaTD89NdQC&q=Glacier+Bay+National+Park%3A+A+Backcountry+Guide+to+the+Glaciers+and+Beyond|last=DuFresne|first=Jim |publisher= The Mountaineers Books|year=1987|isbn=9780898861327}}
Gallery
File:Wright Case.jpg|Mount Wright centered with Mt. Case behind right
File: Landsat GlacierBay 01aug99.jpg|Glacier Bay basin
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/place/United_States/Alaska/Mount_Wright~5558608/ Mount Wright]
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Category:Mountains of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Category:Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska