Mount Queen Mary

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Mount Queen Mary
height 3928  m
location Yukon ( Canada )
Mountains Elias chain
Dominance 25.2 km →  McArthur Peak (East Summit)
Notch height 1328 m ↓  (2600 m)
Coordinates 60 ° 37 '43 "  N , 139 ° 43' 29"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 37 '43 "  N , 139 ° 43' 29"  W.
Mount Queen Mary (Yukon)
Mount Queen Mary
First ascent June 20, 1961 by Ann Hughes, Dwight Hughes, Stella Degenhardt, Gene Dodson, Ken Davis, Art Nation and Leon Israel
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The Mount Queen Mary is a 3928  m high mountain in the Saint Elias Mountains in Canada's Yukon Territory . In 1935 the mountain was named after them together with the neighboring Mount King George on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the reign of George V and Queen Mary .

Mount Queen Mary is located 38 km east of Mount Logan . The dominance reference point is the east summit of McArthur Peak, 25.2 km to the west . The mountain flanks are drained over the Hubbard Glacier in a southeasterly direction.

Ascent history

Mount Queen Mary was first climbed on June 20, 1961 by an expedition from Seattle (Ann Hughes, Dwight Hughes, Stella Degenhardt, Gene Dodson, Ken Davis, Art Nation and Leon Israel).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. James R. Kurtz: North America, Canada, Yukon Territory, First Ascent of Mount Queen Mary, Seattle Mountaineers St. Elias Range Expedition . American Alpine Journal. 1962. Retrieved October 28, 2017.