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Cathedral Peak
Cathedral Peak, south face
Highest point
Elevation	6,500+ ft (1,980+ m)
Prominence	800 ft (240 m)
Parent peak	Taku Towers
Isolation	0.92 mi (1.48 km)
Coordinates	58°36′43″N 134°21′56″W / 58.61194°N 134.36556°W / 58.61194; -134.36556
Geography
Cathedral PeakLocation of Cathedral Peak in Alaska
Location	Tongass National Forest Juneau Borough Alaska, United States
Parent range	Coast Mountains Boundary Ranges Juneau Icefield
Topo map	USGS Juneau C-2

Cathedral Peak is a 6,500+ ft (1,980+ m) mountain summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in the Taku Range of the Juneau Icefield, 22 mi (35 km) north of Juneau, and 1 mi (2 km) north of Taku Towers, on land managed by Tongass National Forest. The Taku Range is a north-south trending ridge on the edge of the Taku Glacier. The mountain was named in 1964 by members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project, and officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Cathedral Peak is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone, with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Coast Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The month of July offers the most favorable weather to view or climb Cathedral Peak.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Alaska
• Geography of Alaska

References

1. ^ "Cathedral Peak, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
2. "Cathedral Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
3. ^ "Cathedral Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
4. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

• Mountains of Juneau, Alaska
• Boundary Ranges
• One-thousanders of the United States