DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEKIOK

BULLETIN

OF THE

UNITED STATES

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

ISTo. 169

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1900

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUBVEY

CHAELES D. WALCOTT, DIEECTOE

ALTITUDES IN ALASKA

COMPILED BY

HENRY GANNETT

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1900

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,

Washington, D. 0. , February 5, 1900.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication as a bulletin, a list of altitudes in Alaska, drawn mainly from the charts and 

other publications of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and 

the publications of this office. 

Very respectfully,

HENRY GANNETT,

Geographer.

Hon. C. D. WALCOTT,

Director United States Geological Survey.

ALTITUDES IN ALASKA.

BY HENRY GANNETT.

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Locality.

Achilles Mountain .............'............

Agassiz Peak ..............................

Aghik Island (Semidi Islands) .............

Amlilpr T^paV

Anowik Island (Semidi Islands) ............

Arkell Lake. ..............................

Arm Mountain '............................

Arthur Peak ..............................

Bainbridge Peak ..........................

Bay Point Knoll. ..........................

Bell Island. ...............................

Berry Peak (Wrangell Island) ..............

Bessie Peak ...............................

Blackburn, Mount. ........................

Black Crag. ...............................

Black Thorn ..............................

Authority.

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Survey. 

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Elevation.

Feet. 

3, 027

5,678 

7,600 

2, 241 

5,931 

250 

1,500 

3,888 

300 

1,900 

1, 682 

1, 921 

3, 058 

1,900 

3,738 

3,300 

650 

2,157 

2,700 

2,177 

3,434 

4,988 

1 3,000 

1,207 

3, 467 

2, 241 

2,142 

2,108 

2,500 

2,867 

2,500 

4,800 

894

2,500 

4,130 

1,526 

1,759 

8,750 

12, 500 

5, 895 

1, 883 

5, 130 

12, 500 

4,010

1 Approximate.
ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.

Locality. Authority. Elevation.

Bobrof Island

Bohemian Eange

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

.....do ...................

Boundary Mountain ...................:.

Buldir Island............................

Butler Peak.............................

Calder, Mount (Prince of Wales Island)... 

Campbell Mountains.....................

Cane Mountain..........................

Carlisle Island (Islands of Four Mountains) 

Carter, Mount.......................... -.;, Cascade..................................

.do 

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Case, Mount........................

Chapeau Mountain .................

Chenango Mountain (Annette Island) 

Chichagof Peak.....................

Chilkat Pass........................

ChilkootPass........... 1'...........

Chipp Peak ........................

Chisana Mountain ..................

Chowiet Island.....................

TJ. S. Geological Survey 

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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Chugatch Mountains. 

Chugul Island.......

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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

U. S. Geological Survey....

Clara, Mount..............................

Cleveland, Mount (Islands of Four Mountains) 

Coghlan Island ............................

Cone Mountain............................

Cook, Mount..............................

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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Copper Mountain Range 

Cosmos Eange..........

U. S. Geological Survey.

Cove Hill.................

Cranberry Peak ...........

Crater Lake (Chilkoot Pass)

Crater Mountain...................

Crillon, Mount ....................

Cross Mountain ...................

D'Agelet, Mount...................

Dahlgren Peak ....................

Dana Peak........................

Davison Mountain (Annette Island) 

DeLong Peak......................

Devils Thumb.....................

Dome Mountain...................

Dome Peak........................

Drum, Mount......................

Dry Island ........................

Duke Hill (Duke Island)...........

Du Belle, Mount...................

Dyke Mountain ...................

Eads Peak .....:..................

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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 vey. .....do ....................

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U. S. Geological .Survey 

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Eagle Crag.

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA.

Locality.

East Peak.................................

Edgecumbe, Mount. .......................

Elbow Mountain ..........................

Emmerich, Mount. ........................

Entry Peak (Prince of Wales Island) .......

Ericson Peak. . ............................

Etolin, Mount. ............................

Evans, Mount. ............................

Everett Peak. .............................

Fairweather, Mount .......................

Fanshaw, Mount ..........................

Fawn Mountain. ..........................

Fighting John Peak. ......................

Figure Four Mountain. . ...................

Flag Hill.. ...............................

Flat Mountain ............................

Fox Hill.. ....'............................

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Fulton Peak..............................

Gable Mountain. ..........................

Grant Peak ...............................

Great Sitkin Island........................

Haeckel Hill..............................

Hall Peak...... ...........................

Hamilton, Mount. .........................

Hancock Peak ............................

Harbor Peak. .............................

Harold, Mount ............................

Harry Saddle .............................

Hawthorne Peak ..........................

Helinick Mountain ........................

Herbert Island (Islands of Four Mountains) . 

Hog Back. ................................

Howard, Mount (Kuiu Island) ..............

Hump Knoll ...............................

IliamnaPeak. . .................'...........

Insignificant Eidge (Annette Island) .......

Irvine Peak. ..............................

Authority.

U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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Elevation.

Feet. 

4,900

2,800

4,111

6,940

1,400

4,296

3,778

5,400

3,645

15, 292

2,818

2,112

5,078

2,200

3,633

1,200

1,800

3,900

563

4,800

4,314

3,909

3,252

4,490

3, 400

5,334

5,700

4,769

6,000

6,400

5,291

4,694

5,033

3,900

3,726

2,000

3,851

2,200

3,430

6,955

2,088

4,021

14, 500

2,000

5,291 

300

2,929

2,340

3, 116

3,494

12, 066

2,987

2,169
10 ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.

Locality.

Iskoot Mountain ..........................

Jamestown Peak ..........................

Jenkins Peak .............................

Judy Hill............ .....................

Kane Peak. ...............................

Kateekhuk Island .........................

Kates Needle. . .... v . ......................

Kate"te" Mountain ..........................

Keelikhtagikh Island (Semidi Islands) ......

Kimball, Mount ...........................

Knob.....................................

Korovin Volcano (Atka Island) ............

La Perouse, Mount ........................

Lazaro, Mount (Duke Island) ...............

Little Sitkin Island (Aleutian Islands) ......

Lockwood Peak ...........................

Longfellow Peak ..........................

Lome, Mount ....:.................-......

McDonough, Peak .........................

McGrath, Mount ..........................

McKinley, Mount. .........................

McMillan Mountains ......................

IVTci f\ i Gr»n "Ppo Ir

Marr, Mount ..............................

Marshall Mountain ........................

TVI a T*aV» Q 1 1 T*£ifl lr

TV/To n -JVTT "Pfjo \r

TVTflvPr Ppfllr

TVToi tl oinlrn "P*3QQ

l\TciTli"OCli" l "PQQQ

Michie Mountain ..........................

Moosehorn Mountain ......................

Authority.

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur-

 vey. 

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Elevation.

Feet. 

4,799

3,500

2,940

2,620

3,292

6,380

631

3,292

1,018

1,200

4,600

9,954

4,170

750

10, 000

4,250

1,113

4,852

2,449

3,700

4,798

6,140

10, 740

7,527

1,767

1,797

4,894

3,585

11, 832

3,510

9,000

2,955

6,400

2,873

6,179

20, 464

3,500

2,507

5,474

2,447

5,200

3,017

5,566

6,100

4,500

2,300

5,540

( 4, 000 

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[ 4, 500 

f 2,450 

2, 650

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[ 2, 851 

5,000
GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. 11

Locality.

Moss Mountain. ........................ ^..

Mound Hill.................... ...........

Pinnacle ..................................

Porter Peak ...............................

Portland Island ...........................

Quay Peak (Chugatch Mountains) ..........

Red Bay Mountain ........................

Bed Mountain. ............................

Romig, Mount. ............................

Roundabout Mountain .....................

Round Hill ................................

St. Paul (one of Pribilof Islands) ............

Sajaca (Tanaga Island] .....................

Saranac Peak .............................

Semichi. Islands ..........................

Sentinel Peak .............................

Sharp Peak ...............................

Shed Mountain. ...........................

Shell Hills. ................... .....I......

Authority.

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S,Coastand Geodetic Survey. 

U. S. Geological Survey .....

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Elevation.

Feet. 

1,631

1,956

1,600

5,426

2,921

3,734

250

2, 353

1,879

6,000

4,300

5,500

4,746

f 5,000 

{ to

I 7, 000 

8,346

5,523

4,798

206

2,655

2,447

3, 887

4,068

5,000

2,843

2, 404

5,485

5,000

4,060

' 2, 500

3,888

1,000

1,647

18,024

472

633

7,103

14, 000

1,850

2,683

10, 000

2,098

818

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1 4,000 

4,250

1 4, 000

5,900

2,620

f 1,500 

{ to

I 1, 700

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12 ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.

Locality.

Shishaldin Volcano (Unimak Island) .......

Simpson, Mount ...................... ^ . . . . .

Simpson Mountains. .......................

Snow Cap .................................

Snow Tower. ..............................

Snowy Mountain ..........................

South Island (Semidi Islands) ..............

South Quadra Mountain ...................

Split Top Mountain. . ......................

Spuhn Island ............. _ ..............

Summit Glaciers. ..........................

Sunny Mountain. ..........................

Sunset Island .............................

Survey Mountains .........................

Taku Mountain. ...........................

Tamgas Mountain (Annette Island).........

Tanaga Island .............. ...............

Tangent Peak ...........,,..........:.....

Tent Mountain.......... .................

The Nipples ...............................

The Sisters................................

Thomas, Mount ................... J ..'.....

Thunder Mountain ........................

Tigalda Island ............................

Tillman, Mount ...........................

Tohtankella Mountain .....................

Trout Hill .."..............................

Tsesiuh Mountains ........................

Twin Peaks ... .°. .........................

Villard, Mount ...........................

Vsevidof Volcano (Umnak Island) .........

Waterfall Peak ...........................

Webster Peak. . ..........................

Authority. 

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey.

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur-

,vey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey. . . .

U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

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Elevation.

Feet. 

8,952

5,200

6,500

' 5,078

7,100

5,577

250

1,764

3,000

2,100

246

331

2,300

483

5,259

200

5,700

5,800

4,400

404

2,916

5,500

2,170

3,684

6,975

2,449

7, 100.

6,000

2,900

r 1,021

1,325 

1,308 

1,369 

{ 1, 555

1,680 

1,593 

1,589 

1,350 

5,400

3,080

1,207

13, 300

3,000

893

3,500

5,953

6,638

15, 666

3,216

5,100

8,000

1,900

3,370

3,557

- 3,403

3,254
GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. 13

Locality.

West Peak ................................

Whipple, Mount ..........................

White Pass. ...............................

Wilkes Peak. .............................

Willoughby Island ........................

Wrangell Peak ............................

Wrangell, Mount ..........................

Do ..................................

Yellow Hill (Annette Island) ..............

Yenlo. Mountain. . .........................

Young, Mount. ............................

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Yukon Hills.... ...........................

Authority.

IT. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coastand Geodetic Survey. 

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U. S. Geological Survey .....

U. S. Coastand Geodetic Survey.

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Elevation.

Fed. 

5,600 

6,033

2,886 

3,156 

' 1, 545 

3,800 

17, 500 

4,944 

6,300 

554 

4,000 

5,260

f 1,000 

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[ 2, 500

2,864