Earth:Mount Eldridge (Alaska Range)

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Mount Eldridge
Mount Eldridge is located in Alaska
Mount Eldridge
Mount Eldridge
Alaska
Highest point
Elevation10,394 ft (3,168 m) [1]
Prominence1,656 ft (505 m) [2]
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 63°08′05″N 150°20′48″W / 63.13472°N 150.34667°W / 63.13472; -150.34667 [3]
Geography
LocationMatanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount McKinley A-1
Climbing
Easiest routeSoutheast ridge

Mount Eldridge is a 10,082-foot (3,073 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Eldridge lies to the northeast of Denali, overlooking Eldridge Glacier. The mountain is a large massif with several summits along a ridge. Mount Eldridge was named in 1953 by Bradford Washburn for U.S. Geological Survey explorer George H. Eldridge.[2][3]

See also

  • Mountain peaks of Alaska

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Eldridge". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=266. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mount Eldridge". http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=14278. Retrieved 2013-04-13. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mount Eldridge". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1401773. 




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