Mount Saint Elias

Mount Saint Elias in 2008

Mount Saint Elias is a 5,489-metre (18,009 ft) high mountain in Canada and the United States.[1] It is also known as Boundary Peak 186.[1] Mount Saint Elias is on the border of Alaska and the Yukon. It is the 2nd highest mountain in Canada and in the United States.[2]

Mount Saint Elias the first part of the North American mainland to be seen by Russian explorers, in 1741.[3]

The first people to reach the top were Luigi Amedeo (Duke of Abruzzi) and his expedition, in 1897.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Saint Elias, Alaska/Yukon Territory". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Saint Elias Mountains". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mount Saint Elias". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ "Mount Saint Elias". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mount Saint Elias (Boundary Peak 186)". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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