Mount Drum
| Mount Drum | ||
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 View from west of Mount Drum; in the foreground the Glenn Highway |
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| height | 3661 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Wrangell Mountains | |
| Dominance | 26.2 km → Mount Sanford (Ulu Point) | |
| Notch height | 2046 m ↓ Wrangell-Drum Col (1615 m) | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 6 '57 " N , 144 ° 38' 22" W | |
| Topo map | USGS Gulkana A-2 | |
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| First ascent | June 7, 1954 by Heinrich Harrer , Keith Hart, George Schaller | |
| particularities | Stratovolcano | |
The Mount Drum is a stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska (USA).
The 3661 m high glaciated volcano rises in the extreme west of the mountain range. It is located within Wrangell-St.-Elias National Park . The Glenn Highway , Edgerton Highway and Richardson Highway run along its western flank . The places Copper Center and Glennallen are at the foot of the mountain. The Nadina Glacier flows down the slope on the southwest flank of Mount Drum . To the east, a ridge leads to Mount Zanetti and Mount Wrangell . Mount Sanford is 29 km east-northeast .
The stratovolcano was formed during a period between 650,000 and 240,000 years ago. It is the westernmost in the so-called Wrangell volcanic field . During its last eruption in the late Pleistocene , the southern half of what was then the volcano was blown away. The debris was spread over an area of 200 km².
Heinrich Harrer , Keith Hart and George Schaller made the first ascent on June 7, 1954 .
The mountain was named after Richard Coulter Drum (1825-1909), 1880-1889 Lieutenant General in the US Army.
Web links
- Mount Drum, Alaska on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Drum at the Alaska Volcano Observatory
- Drum in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Harrer: North America, US, Alaska, First Ascent of Mt.Drum . American Alpine Journal. 1955. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Mount Drum in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey