Earth:Mount Isto
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Short description: Mountain in Alaska, US
| Mount Isto | |
|---|---|
  Mount Isto North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,976 ft (2,736 m) [1][2] |
| Prominence | 7,876 ft (2,401 m) [1] |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 69°12′09″N 143°48′08″W / 69.2025°N 143.80222°W [3] |
| Geography | |
| Location | North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Brooks Range |
| Topo map | USGS Demarcation Point B-5 |
Mount Isto is the highest peak in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA.[4] Located in the eastern Brooks Range, in what are known as the Romanzof Mountains, Mount Isto is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Mount Hubley, the second tallest peak in the Brooks Range. Mount Isto is within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and was named in 1966 for Reynold E. (Pete) Isto, a civil engineer for the U.S. Geological Survey.[3][5] In 2014, new measurement technology established that Mount Isto is the highest peak in the Brooks Range. Previously, Mount Chamberlin was believed to be the tallest, but it is now ranked third.[6][7][2]
See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of Ultras of the United States
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Isto, Alaska". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=131.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nolan, M.; DesLauriers, K. (23 June 2016). "Which are the highest peaks in the US Arctic? Fodar settles the debate". The Cryosphere 10 (3): 1245–1257. doi:10.5194/tc-10-1245-2016. http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1245/2016/. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mount Isto". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1414322.
- ↑ "Brooks Range". http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=100.
- ↑ Mount Isto, Alaska (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- ↑ Howard, Brian Clark (December 16, 2015). "There’s a New Tallest Peak in the North American Arctic". National Geographic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151216-anwr-highest-peak-mt-isto-fodar-remote-sensing/.
- ↑ Rozell, Ned (December 16, 2015). "Measuring the highest peaks in the Brooks Range". University of Alaska, Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/measuring-highest-peaks-brooks-range.
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