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Mount Wright (Alaska)

Coordinates: 58°47′52″N 136°01′38″W / 58.7976627°N 136.0271834°W / 58.7976627; -136.0271834
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Mount Wright
Mount Wright from southwest
Highest point
Elevation5,054 feet (1,540 m)[1]
Prominence1,850 feet (560 m)[2]
Parent peakMount Case
ListingMountains of Alaska
Coordinates58°47′52″N 136°01′38″W / 58.7976627°N 136.0271834°W / 58.7976627; -136.0271834[3]
Geography
Mount Wright is located in Alaska
Mount Wright
Mount Wright
LocationGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Fairweather D-1[3]

Mount Wright is a 5,054-foot (1,540 m) 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

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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[4] and 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Hoonah, Saint Elias Mountains.

History

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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.[3]

Mt. Wright centered with Mt. Case behind right

Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wright has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Glacier Bay Basin.

Fauna

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The area has a high population of mountain goats.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Dirt Glacier". Alaska Guide. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. ^ "Mount Wright, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  3. ^ a b c "Feature Detail Report for: Mount Wright". GNIS. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  4. ^ "Dirt Glacier". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  5. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  6. ^ DuFresne, Jim (1987). Glacier Bay National Park: A Backcountry Guide to the Glaciers and Beyond. The Mountaineers Books. p. 61. ISBN 9780898861327. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
Glacier Bay basin
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