Earth:Mount Lodge (Yakutat)

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Short description: Mountain in the state of Alaska
Mount Lodge
Boundary Peak 166
Mount Lodge.jpg
North aspect, from airliner
Highest point
Elevation10,548 ft (3,215 m)
Prominence2,871 ft (875 m)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 59°06′23″N 137°32′32″W / 59.10639°N 137.54222°W / 59.10639; -137.54222
Geography
Mount Lodge is located in Alaska
Mount Lodge
Mount Lodge
Stikine Region, British Columbia
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Mount Lodge, also named Boundary Peak 166, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains.[1] It was named in 1908 for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, (1850-1924), U.S. Boundary Commissioner in 1903.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lodge is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[3] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the mountains of the Fairweather Range (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow. Winter temperatures can drop to 10 °F with wind chill factors below 0 °F. This climate supports glaciers surrounding the mountain's slopes.

See also

  • List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border

References

  1. Mount Lodge, Alaska/British Columbia
  2. "Mount Lodge". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1420628. 
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. Bibcode2007HESS...11.1633P. 

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