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Mount Michelson (Chugach Mountains)

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Mountain in Alaska, United States
Mount Michelson
Mount Michelson is located in AlaskaMount MichelsonMount MichelsonLocation in Alaska
Highest point
Elevation8,701 ft (2,652 m)
Coordinates61°16′50″N 147°13′28″W / 61.28056°N 147.22444°W / 61.28056; -147.22444
Geography
LocationValdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
Parent rangeChugach Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Anchorage B-1

Mount Michelson is a mountain at the head of the Meares Glacier, 34 miles (55 km) NW of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, USA. The mountain was named around 1957 for Albert Abraham Michelson by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Michelson


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