Mount Verstovia
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 View from Picnic Rock on Mount Verstovia (December 2010) |
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| height | 1010 m | |
| location | Baranof Island in Alaska (USA) | |
| Mountains | Coast Mountains | |
| Dominance | 4.85 km → Bear Mountain | |
| Notch height | 310 m ↓ (700 m) | |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 3 '33 " N , 135 ° 15' 57" W | |
| Topo map | USGS Sitka A-4 | |
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| Normal way | Mount Verstovia Trail | |
The Mount Verstovia is a 1,010 m high mountain on Baranof Iceland in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska .
The mountain rises 4 km east of Sitka . The Mount Verstovia Trail , a hiking trail leads to Picnic Rock , from where the summit can be reached via a 1.3 km path.
The mountain was named in 1809 by Iwan Filippowitsch Wassiljew (1776–1812), a Russian navigator. The original Russian name was Gora Verstovaja .
Web links
Commons : Mount Verstovia - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Mount Verstovia in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Mount Verstovia, Alaska on Peakbagger.com (English)