Mount Bona
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| height | 5005 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Elias chain | |
| Dominance | 79.47 km → Mount Lucania | |
| Notch height | 2064 m ↓ (2957 m) | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 23 '8 " N , 141 ° 44' 55" W | |
| Topo map | USGS McCarthy B-2 | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Last eruption | 847 AD | |
| First ascent | July 2, 1930 by Allen Carpé, Terris Moore and Andrew Taylor | |
| Normal way | Glacier climbing | |
The Mount Bona is a stratovolcano in the Saint Elias Mountains in eastern Alaska . With a height of 5005 m , it is the fifth highest mountain in the United States . After the three highest Mexican peaks, Pico de Orizaba , Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl , Mount Bona is the highest volcano in North America .
glacier
Similar to the neighboring Mount Churchill , almost the entire mountain range is heavily glaciated. The ice of the 64 km long Klutlan Glacier , which stretches into the Canadian Yukon territory, comes from Mount Bona . The Russell Glacier to the north is another glacier system on the slopes of the volcano.
history
In 1897 the Fourteener got a name from Luigi Amadeo of Savoy . He sighted the mountain during the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias, about 130 km to the southeast . Bona was the name of his yacht . Mount Bona was first climbed in 1930 by Allen Carpé , Terris Moore and Andrew Taylor . The normal route to the summit today runs over the eastern ridge, from where Mount Churchill is relatively easy to climb.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wood, Coombs, Colby: Alaska: A Climbing Guide . Mountaineers Books , 2001, ISBN 0-89886-724-X .
Web links
- Mount Bona in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Bivouac.com about Mount Bona (English)
- Peakbagger.com about Mount Bona (English)
- Mount Bona in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)