Mount Wright (Alaska)

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Mount Wright
Mount Wright from southwest
Highest point
Elevation	5,054 feet (1,540 m)[1]
Prominence	1,850 feet (560 m)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Case
Listing	Mountains of Alaska
Coordinates	58°47′52″N 136°01′38″W[3]
Geography
Mount Wright Location in Alaska
Interactive map of Mount Wright
Location	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
Parent range	Alsek Ranges Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map	USGS 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

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

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]

Climate

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

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

Gallery

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  Mount Wright centered with Mt. Case behind right
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  Glacier Bay basin

References

1. "Dirt Glacier". Alaska Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
2. "Mount Wright, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
3. "Feature Detail Report for: Mount Wright". GNIS. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
4. "Dirt Glacier". Mapcarta. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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 August 7, 2019.

External links

• Weather forecast: Mount Wright