Earth:Wedge Peak (Alaska)

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Wedge Peak
View of Alska Range from the Eielson Visitor Center, Denali Nation Park.jpg
Highest point
Elevation9,941 ft (3,030 m)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 63°12′11″N 150°30′34″W / 63.20306°N 150.50944°W / 63.20306; -150.50944[1]
Geography
Wedge Peak is located in Alaska
Wedge Peak
Wedge Peak
Alaska
LocationDenali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount McKinley A-2

Wedge Peak is a 9,941-foot (3,030 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Wedge Peak lies to the northeast of Denali overlooking Brooks Glacier and Muldrow Glacier. Mount Mather (Alaska) is immediately to the east. The peak was named in 1945 by the U.S. Army Air Force cold weather test expedition.[2][1]

See also

  • Mountain peaks of Alaska

References