Mount Augusta
| Mount Augusta
Boundary Peak 183
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 Mount Augusta in the background |
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| height | 4289 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA), Yukon (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Elias chain | |
| Dominance | 22.91 km → Peak 14410 | |
| Notch height | 1529 m ↓ (2760 m) | |
| Coordinates | 60 ° 18 ′ 10 ″ N , 140 ° 27 ′ 27 ″ W | |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Saint Elias B-7 | |
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| First ascent | July 4, 1952 by Pete Schoening, Victor Josendal, Bill Niendorf, Richard E. McGowen, Bob Yeasting, Gibson Reynolds, Tom Morris and Verl Rogers | |
The Mount Augusta is a 4289 m high mountain in the Saint Elias Mountains on the border of Alaska to the Canadian territory of Yukon . It is one of the mountains known as Fourteener (higher than 14,000 feet or 4,267 meters) in the USA . The mountain was named in 1891 by IC Russell of the United States Geological Survey after his wife J. Augusta Olmsted Russell.
Mount Augusta is located around 25 km south of Mount Logan and 25 km east of Mount Saint Elias , the two highest mountains in Canada. The Seward Glacier on the northern flank of Mount Augusta separates the mountain from Mount Logan. Summits that lie on the borderline between Alaska and British Columbia or the Yukon Territory are numbered as Boundary Peaks ( German : "Grenzgipfel"). Mount Augusta bears the number 183.
Ascent history
The first ascent was made on July 4, 1952 by Pete Schoening , Victor Josendal, Bill Niendorf, Richard E. McGowen, Bob Yeasting, Gibson Reynolds, Tom Morris and Verl Rogers over the north ridge.
Web links
- Mount Augusta in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Bivouac.com about Mount Augusta (English)
- Peakbagger.com about Mount Augusta (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter K. Schoening: King Peak — Yukon Expedition, 1952 . American Alpine Journal. 1953. Retrieved October 29, 2017.