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Mountain in Alaska, United States
Mount Shand
Mount Shand from the south
Highest point
Elevation12,660 ft (3,860 m)
Prominence1,560 ft (480 m)
Parent peakMount Moffit (13,020 ft)
Isolation2.23 mi (3.59 km)
Coordinates63°32′39″N 146°27′01″W / 63.54417°N 146.45028°W / 63.54417; -146.45028
Geography
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Interactive map of Mount Shand
LocationSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area
Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Hayes Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount Hayes C-5

Mount Shand is a 12,660 ft (3,860 m) elevation glaciated summit located at the head of the Trident Glacier in the eastern Alaska Range, in Alaska, United States. It is the third-highest peak in the Hayes Range, a subset of the Alaska Range. This remote peak is situated 9.8 mi (16 km) east-southeast of Mount Hayes, and 93 mi (150 km) southeast of Fairbanks. Mount Moffit, the nearest higher neighbor, is set 2.3 mi (4 km) to the northeast, and McGinnis Peak is positioned 4.5 mi (7 km) to the east. This rarely climbed mountain has three large sweeping faces, the East, West, and South.

This mountain is named for William Shand Jr. (1918–1946), a mountaineer who made the first ascents of nearby Mount Moffit in August 1942, and Mount Hayes on August 1, 1941. Following Shand's untimely death in a tragic car crash, Bradford Washburn, also of the Hayes first ascent party, proposed this name in 1949 to be applied to what is now called Mount Moffit. The present application of the name was suggested in 1961 by the U.S. Geological Survey to resolve the conflict of two names applied to the same geographic feature. The name and summit location was officially adopted in 1962 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Shand is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. This climate supports the Trident and Black Rapids Glaciers surrounding this peak. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Tanana River drainage basin.

Gallery

  • Mt. Shand (left), Mt. Moffit (center), McGinnis Peak (right) Mt. Shand (left), Mt. Moffit (center), McGinnis Peak (right)
  • Mt. Shand from Denali Highway Mt. Shand from Denali Highway
  • Mt. Shand centered in the distance Mt. Shand centered in the distance
  • Left to right: Hayes, Moby Dick, Shand, Moffit Left to right: Hayes, Moby Dick, Shand, Moffit
  • Mount Shand from the southeast Mount Shand from the southeast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount Shand". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. "Shand, Mount - 12,660' Alaska". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ "Mount Shand". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 860.
  5. "Mount Shand". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. 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.

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