Earth:Mount Chamberlin (Alaska)

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Mount Chamberlin
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Highest point
Elevation8,901[1] ft (2,713 m) [2]
Prominence4,101 ft (1,250 m) [2]
Listing
  • North America prominent peak 41st
  • North America isolated peaks 19th
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 69°16′38″N 144°54′32″W / 69.27722°N 144.90889°W / 69.27722; -144.90889[3]
Geography
Mount Chamberlin is located in Alaska
Mount Chamberlin
Mount Chamberlin
North Slope Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Parent rangeBrooks Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Michelson B-2
Climbing
First ascent1963 by George G. Barnes, Dennis Burge, Graham Stephenson[4]
Easiest routeWest Ridge: glacier/snow climb, Alaska Grade 1;[4] class 2 hike if route is ice-free

Mount Chamberlin is the third highest peak in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA.[5] Located in what are known as the Franklin Mountains of the Brooks Range, Mount Chamberlin is 30 miles (48 km) west-northwest of Mount Isto, the tallest peak in the Brooks Range. Mount Chamberlin is within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and was named for Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843-1928), geologist of the Peary Auxiliary Expedition of 1894.[3][6] Previously believed to be the highest peak in the Brooks Range, in 2014 new measurement technology established that Mount Chamberlin is the third highest peak in the range.[7][8][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nolan, M.; DesLauriers, K. (23 June 2016). "Which are the highest peaks in the US Arctic? Fodar settles the debate". The Cryosphere 10 (3): 1245-1257. doi:10.5194/tc-10-1245-2016. http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1245/2016/. Retrieved 23 June 2016. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Mount Chamberlin, Alaska". http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=117. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Mount Chamberlin". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1414321. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wood, Michael; Coombs, Colby (2001). Alaska: a climbing guide. Seattle, WA, USA: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-724-X. 
  5. "Brooks Range". http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=100. 
  6. Mount Chamberlin, Alaska (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  7. Howard, Brian Clark (December 16, 2015). "There’s a New Tallest Peak in the North American Arctic". National Geographic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151216-anwr-highest-peak-mt-isto-fodar-remote-sensing/. 
  8. Rozell, Ned (December 16, 2015). "Measuring the highest peaks in the Brooks Range". University of Alaska, Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/measuring-highest-peaks-brooks-range.