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Mount Grosvenor
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This article is about the peak in the Chugach Mountains. For the peak in the Alaska Range, see Mount Grosvenor (Alaska Range).
Mount Grosvenor is a 5,540-foot (1,689 m) elevation glaciated summit located 39 mi (63 km) west of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska, on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since the mountain rises from tidewater at Unakwik Inlet of Prince William Sound in approximately three miles. The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by Lawrence Martin, and officially adopted by the United States Geological Survey. This peak's name honors Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), President of the National Geographic Society, father of photojournalism, and the first full-time editor of National Geographic magazine.[3]
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Mount Grosvenor | |
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![]() Aerial view of west aspect | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,540 ft (1,690 m)[1] |
Prominence | 653 ft (199 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Columbia Peak (9,489 ft) |
Isolation | 1.34 mi (2.16 km)[2] |
Coordinates | 61°11′01″N 147°25′45″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chugach National Forest Valdez-Cordova Borough Alaska, United States |
Parent range | Chugach Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Anchorage A-2 |
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