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 bul letin, 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.
^ Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Feet. Achilles Mountain ...... '...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic 3, 027 Survey...... do ...... 5,678 .....do ...... 7,600 .....do ...... 2, 241 Agassiz Peak ...... do ...... 5,931 Aghik Island (Semidi Islands) ...... do...... 250 .....do ...... 1,500 .....do ...... 3,888 .....do ...... 300 .....do ...... 1,900 .....do ...... 1, 682 .....do ...... 1, 921 Amlilpr T^paV ...... do...... 3, 058 .....do ...... 1,900 .....do ...... 3,738 .....do ...... 3,300 Anowik Island (Semidi Islands) ...... do ...... 650 ...... do ...... 2,157 Arkell Lake...... do ...... 2,700 Arm Mountain '...... do ...... 2,177 Arthur Peak ...... do ...... 3,434 .....do ...... 4,988 .....do ...... 1 3,000 .....do ...... 1,207 Bainbridge Peak ...... do...... 3, 467 .....do ...... 2, 241 .....do ...... 2,142 Bay Point Knoll...... do ...... 2,108 .....do ...... 2,500 .....do ...... 2,867 Bell Island...... do ...... 2,500 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 4,800 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 894 vey. Berry Peak (Wrangell Island) ...... do ...... 2,500 Bessie Peak ...... do ...... 4,130 .....do ...... 1,526 .....do ...... 1,759 .....do ...... 8,750 Blackburn, Mount...... do...... 12, 500 Black Crag...... do ...... 5, 895 .....do ...... 1, 883 .....do...... 5, 130 .....do ...... 12, 500 Black Thorn ...... do ...... 4,010 1 Approximate. ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Bobrof Island U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Bohemian Eange .....do ...... Boundary Mountain ...... :. .do Buldir Island...... do Butler Peak...... do Calder, Mount (Prince of Wales Island)... .do Campbell Mountains...... do Cane Mountain...... do Carlisle Island (Islands of Four Mountains) .do Carter, Mount...... -.;, TJ. S. Geological Survey Cascade...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Case, Mount...... do ...... Chapeau Mountain ...... do Chenango Mountain (Annette Island) .do Chichagof Peak...... do Chilkat Pass...... do ChilkootPass...... 1'...... do Chipp Peak ...... do Chisana Mountain ...... U. S. Geological Survey .... Chowiet Island...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Chugatch Mountains. U. S. Geological Survey.... Chugul Island...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Clara, Mount...... do ...... Cleveland, Mount (Islands of Four Mountains) .do Coghlan Island ...... do Cone Mountain...... do Cook, Mount...... do Copper Mountain Range U. S. Geological Survey. Cosmos Eange...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Cove Hill...... "do ...... Cranberry Peak ...... U. S. Geological Survey Crater Lake (Chilkoot Pass) U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey. Crater Mountain...... do ...... Crillon, Mount ...... do ...... Cross Mountain ...... do ...... D'Agelet, Mount...... do Dahlgren Peak ...... do Dana Peak...... do Davison Mountain (Annette Island) DeLong Peak...... Devils Thumb...... Dome Mountain...... do Dome Peak...... do Drum, Mount...... do Dry Island ...... do Duke Hill (Duke Island)...... do Du Belle, Mount...... U. S. Geological .Survey Dyke Mountain ...... do ...... Eads Peak .....:...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur vey. Eagle Crag...... do ...... GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA.
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Feet. East Peak...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 4,900 Edgecumbe, Mount...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 2,800 vey. Elbow Mountain ...... do ...... 4,111 Emmerich, Mount...... do...... 6,940 Entry Peak (Prince of Wales Island) ...... do...... 1,400 Ericson Peak...... do...... 4,296 Etolin, Mount...... do...... 3,778 Evans, Mount...... 5,400 Everett Peak...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,645 vey. Fairweather, Mount ...... do ...... 15, 292 Fanshaw, Mount ...... do...... 2,818 Fawn Mountain...... do...... 2,112 Fighting John Peak...... do ...... 5,078 Figure Four Mountain...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 2,200 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,633 vey. Flag Hill...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 1,200 Flat Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 1,800 vey. U. S. Geological Survey ..... 3,900 Fox Hill...... '...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 563 vey. U. S. Geological Survey ..... 4,800 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 4,314 vey. Do ...... do ...... 3,909 Fulton Peak...... do ...... 3,252 Gable Mountain...... do ...... 4,490 .....do...... 3, 400 .....do ...... 5,334 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,700 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 4,769 vey. 6,000 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 6,400 vey. Grant Peak ...... do ...... 5,291 .....do...... 4,694 Great Sitkin Island...... do...... 5,033 Haeckel Hill...... do ...... 3,900 Hall Peak...... do...... 3,726 Hamilton, Mount...... 2,000 Hancock Peak ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,851 vey. Harbor Peak...... do ..-.-....--.--....-. 2,200 Harold, Mount ...... do-....-...... --..-... 3,430 .....do ...... 6,955 Harry Saddle ...... do ...... 2,088 Hawthorne Peak ...... do ...... 4,021 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 14, 500 Helinick Mountain ...... do ...... 2,000 Herbert Island (Islands of Four Moun U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 5,291 tains) . vey. Hog Back...... do ...... 300 .....do ...... 2,929 Howard, Mount (Kuiu Island) ...... do ...... 2,340 Hump Knoll ...... do ...... 3, 116 .....do ...... 3,494 IliamnaPeak...... '...... do ...... 12, 066 Insignificant Eidge (Annette Island) ...... do ...... 2,987 Irvine Peak...... do ...... 2,169 10 ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Feet. Iskoot Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- 4,799 vey...... do ...... 3,500 Jamestown Peak ...... do ...... 2,940 .....do ...... 2,620 Jenkins Peak ...... do ...... ;...... 3,292 .....do ...... 6,380 Judy Hill...... do ...... 631 Kane Peak...... do ...... 3,292 .....do ...... 1,018 Kateekhuk Island ...... do ...... 1,200 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 4,600 Kates Needle...... v...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 9,954 vey. Kate"te" Mountain ...... do ...... 4,170 Keelikhtagikh Island (Semidi Islands) ...... do ;...... 750 Kimball, Mount ...... 10, 000 Knob...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 4,250 vey...... do ...... 1,113 Korovin Volcano (Atka Island) ...... do ...... :.. 4,852 .....do ...... 2,449 .....do ...... :..... 3,700 .....do ...... 4,798 .....do ...... 6,140 La Perouse, Mount ...... do ...... 10, 740 .....do...... 7,527 Lazaro, Mount (Duke Island) ...... do ...... 1,767 .....do ...... 1,797 .....do ...... 4,894 Little Sitkin Island (Aleutian Islands) ...... do ...... 3,585 .....do ...... 11, 832 Lockwood Peak ...... do ...... 3,510 .....do ...... 9,000 Longfellow Peak ...... do ...... 2,955 Lome, Mount ....:...... -...... do ...... 6,400 McDonough, Peak ...... do...... 2,873 McGrath, Mount ...... do .."...... 6,179 McKinley, Mount...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 20, 464 McMillan Mountains ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,500 vey. IVTci f\ i Gr»n "Ppo Ir .....do ...... 2,507 .....do ...... 5,474 Marr, Mount ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 2,447 vey. Marshall Mountain ...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,200 TVI a T*aV» Q 1 1 T*£ifl lr U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,017 vey. TV/To n -JVTT "Pfjo \r .....do ...... 5,566 TVTflvPr Ppfllr U. S. Geological Survey ..... 6,100 TVToi tl oinlrn "P*3QQ .....do...... 4,500 l\TciTli"OCli" l "PQQQ .....do ...... 2,300 Michie Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 5,540 vey. ( 4, 000 .....do ...... \ to [ 4, 500 f 2,450 2, 650 .....do ...... /, (10 [ 2, 851 Moosehorn Mountain ...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,000 GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. 11
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Feet. Moss Mountain...... ^.. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 1,631 vey. Mound Hill...... do ...... 1,956 .....do ...... 1,600 ..!.. do...... 5,426 .....do ...... 2,921 .....do...... 3,734 .....do ...... 250 .....do...... --- .. 2, 353 .....do...... 1,879 U. S. Geological Survey 6,000 .....do ...... 4,300 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 5,500 vey...... do ...... 4,746 f 5,000 .....do ..:...... { to I 7, 000 Pinnacle ...... do ...... 8,346 .....do ...... 5,523 Porter Peak ...... do ...... 4,798 Portland Island ...... do ...... 206 .....do ...... 2,655 .....do ...... 2,447 .....do ...... 3, 887 .....do ...... 4,068 Quay Peak (Chugatch Mountains) ...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,000 Red Bay Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 2,843 vey. Bed Mountain...... do ...... 2, 404 .....do ...... 5,485 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,000 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 4,060 vey. Romig, Mount...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... ' 2, 500 U. S,Coastand Geodetic Sur 3,888 vey. Roundabout Mountain ...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 1,000 Round Hill ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 1,647 vey...... do ...... 18,024 .....do ...... 472 St. Paul (one of Pribilof Islands) ...... do ...... 633 Sajaca (Tanaga Island] ...... do ...... 7,103 U. S. Geological Survey' ..... 14, 000 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 1,850 vey. Saranac Peak ...... do...... 2,683 .:... do ...... 10, 000 .....do...... 2,098 Semichi. Islands ...... do...... 818 f 3, 500 .... .do ...... °...... { to 1 4,000 Sentinel Peak ...... do...... 4,250 .....do...... 1 4, 000 Sharp Peak ...... 5,900 Shed Mountain...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 2,620 vey. f 1,500 Shell Hills...... I...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... { to I 1, 700 1 Approximate. 12 ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. [BULL. 169.
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Feet. Shishaldin Volcano (Unimak Island) ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 8,952 vey. Simpson, Mount ...... ^ . . . . . II. S. Geological' Survey ..... 5,200 Simpson Mountains...... U. S. Coast and G ^odetic Sur 6,500 vey. Snow Cap ...... do ...... ' 5,078 Snow Tower...... do...... 7,100 Snowy Mountain ...... do...... 5,577 South Island (Semidi Islands) ...... do...... 250 South Quadra Mountain ...... do ...... 1,764 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 3,000 Split Top Mountain...... do ...... 2,100 Spuhn Island ...... _ ...... do ...... 246 .....do ...... 331 .....do ...... 2,300 .....do ...... 483 .....do ...... :...... 5,259 .....do ...... 200 Summit Glaciers...... do ...... 5,700 U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,800 Sunny Mountain...... do ...... 4,400 Sunset Island ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 404 vey. Survey Mountains ...... do ...--.-...-.....--.. 2,916 .....do ...... 5,500 Taku Mountain...... do ...... 2,170 Tamgas Mountain (Annette Island)...... do ...... 3,684 Tanaga Island ...... do ...... 6,975 Tangent Peak ...... ,,...... :...... do ...... 2,449 Tent Mountain...... do ...... 7, 100. U. S. Geological Survey ..... 6,000 The Nipples ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 2,900 vey. r 1,021 1,325 1,308 1,369 The Sisters...... do ...... { 1, 555 1,680 1,593 1,589 1,350 Thomas, Mount ...... J ..'..... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,400 Thunder Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,080 vey. Tigalda Island ...... do ...... 1,207 Tillman, Mount ...... U. S. Geological Survey. 13, 300 Tohtankella Mountain ...... U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- 3,000 ,vey. Trout Hill .."...... do ...... 893 Tsesiuh Mountains ...... do...... -..---...-... 3,500 .....do...... 5,953 Twin Peaks ... .°...... do...... 6,638 .....do...... 15, 666 .....do...-.....-...--.... 3,216 Villard, Mount ...... do...... 5,100 Vsevidof Volcano (Umnak Island) ...... do ...... 8,000 U. S. Geological Survey. . . . 1,900 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur 3,370 vey...... do...... 3,557 Waterfall Peak ...... do ...... - 3,403 Webster Peak...... do ...... 3,254 GANNETT.] ALTITUDES IN ALASKA. 13
Locality. Authority. Elevation.
Fed. West Peak ...... IT. S. Geological Survey ..... 5,600 Whipple, Mount ...... U. S. Coastand Geodetic Sur 6,033 vey. White Pass...... do ...... 2,886 Wilkes Peak...... do...... 3,156 Willoughby Island ...... do...... ' 1, 545 Wrangell Peak ...... do ...... 3,800 Wrangell, Mount ...... do ...... 17, 500 .....do...... 4,944 Do ...... do...... 6,300 Yellow Hill (Annette Island) ...... do...... 554 Yenlo. Mountain...... U. S. Geological Survey ..... 4,000 Young, Mount...... U. S. Coastand Geodetic Sur 5,260 / vey. f 1,000 Yukon Hills...... do...... \ to [ 2, 500 .....do...... 2,864