Mount Deception (Alaska)
Appearance
Mount Deception | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,539 ft (3,517 m)[1] |
Prominence | 2,126 ft (648 m)[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Denali Borough, Alaska, United States |
Parent range | Alaska Range |
Topo map | USGS Mount McKinley A-2 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | November 1944 |
Easiest route | Northeast ridge |
Mount Deception is a 11,539-foot (3,517 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Deception lies 16 miles (26 km) east-southeast Denali,overlooking Brooks Glacier. The glacier-covered mountain was named by a U.S. Army crash investigation party on November 13, 1944, who were the first to ascend the mountain while investigating an airplane crash that happened in September 1944.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Deception". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ a b "Mount Deception". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ a b "Mount Deception". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-12.