Earth:Mount Nesselrode
Mount Nesselrode | |
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Boundary Peak 98 | |
Stikine Region, British Columbia Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,117 ft (2,474 m) |
Prominence | 3,031 ft (924 m) |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 58°57′44″N 134°18′49″W / 58.96222°N 134.31361°W |
Geography | |
Location | Stikine Region, British Columbia Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska |
Topo map | NTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS". |
Mount Nesselrode, also known as Boundary Peak 98, is a 2,474 m (8,117 ft) peak in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on and in part defining the border between British Columbia, Canada , and Alaska, United States . About 40 miles (64 km) north of Juneau[1] to the west of the lower Stikine River and in the heart of the Stikine Icecap in Juneau Icefield southwest of Atlin Lake, the summit, with a prominence of 924 m (3,031 ft), is also the corner point of Alaska's Haines Borough and Juneau Borough.[2]
It was named in 1924 on the 100th anniversary of the Russo-American Treaty of 1824 in honour of Karl Nesselrode,[3] also known as Charles de Nesselrode, then Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a plenipotentiary in the negotiations that produced the Russo-American Treaty of 1824 and defined the boundary between Russian America and US claims to the Oregon Country and was mirrored in a parallel Russian treaty with the British the next year, defining 54°40′ north as the southward limit of Russian possessions.
The first ascent of Mount Nesselrode was made in August 1973. [4]
References
- ↑ "Mount Nesselrode". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1420646.
- ↑ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Mount Nesselrode". BC Geographical Names. https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/19287.html.
- ↑ "North America, United States, Alaska, Mount Nesselrode, Northern Boundary Range". American Alpine Club. http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197341303/North-America-United-States-Alaska-Mount-Nesselrode-Northern-Boundary-Range. The American Alpine Journal, Volume 18, Number 2, Issue 47, 1973, Page 413
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