Mount Saint Elias
mountain on the Canada-United States border
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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Saint Elias, Alaska/Yukon Territory". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ↑ "Saint Elias Mountains". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ↑ "Mount Saint Elias". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Mount Saint Elias". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ↑ "Mount Saint Elias (Boundary Peak 186)". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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