Mount Mausolus
| Mount Mausolus | ||
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| height | 2795 m | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Revelation Mountains ( Alaska Range ) | |
| Dominance | 5.41 km → Ice Pyramid | |
| Notch height | 748 m ↓ (2047 m) | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 37 '33 " N , 153 ° 51' 26" W | |
| Topo map | USGS Lime Hills C-3 | |
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| rock | granite | |
| First ascent | March 16, 2011 by Clint Helander and Scotty Vincik | |
The Mount Mausolus is a 2,795 m high mountain in the Revelation Mountains in southwestern Alaska Range in Alaska (USA). The mountain name refers to Maussolos , a Persian satrap in Caria (today's southwestern Turkey), who is also the namesake of the term " mausoleum ".
Mount Mausolus rises 25 km south-southeast from Mount Hesperus . The glacier at the foot of its west and north flanks feeds the Swift River . The Stony Glacier , the origin of the Stony River, extends on the eastern flank of Mount Mausolus . A mountain ridge leads to the Ice Pyramid, 5.4 km northwest .
The first ascent was made on March 16, 2011 by Clint Helander and Scotty Vincik. The starting point was the glacier west of Mount Mausolus. Helander and Vincik climbed the west face to the summit. They named the climbing route of difficulty (4,500 'V WI5) mausoleum . They needed a total of three days for ascent and descent (March 15-17, 2011). On the summit, Helander scattered the ashes of Seth Holden, a climber who had been killed in a plane crash a few months earlier.
Web links
- Mount Mausolus in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Mount Mausolus on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Mausolus in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b Clint Helander: The Mausoleum . American Alpine Journal. 2012. Accessed January 1, 2018.