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Mount Alice may refer to: * Mount Alice (Alaska) in Alaska, USA * Mount Alice (British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada * Mount Alice (California) in California, USA * Mount Alice (Colorado) in Colorado, USA * Mount Alice, Falkland Islands in West Falkland, Falkland Islands {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Alice (Alaska)
Mount Alice is a mountain summit in the U.S. state of Alaska. Description Mount Alice is located northeast of Seward, Alaska, from where it appears as the most prominent peak on the east skyline across Resurrection Bay. It is set in the Kenai Mountains on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises one vertical mile above the bay and Resurrection River in . The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1983 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Alice Lowell Scheffler (1879–1965), the daughter of Franklin G. Lowell, who with his family were the first homesteaders to settle the Seward area in 1883. Alice was the daughter of Mary Lowell (Mount Mary (Alaska), Mount Mary) and sister to Eva (Mount Eva). Climbing The first ascent of the peak was made in 1963 by John Vincent Hoeman, David Johnston, and D. Hilt. The standard route is via the southwest face which entails steep snow and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Alice (British Columbia)
Mount Alice is a mountain located at the Queens Reach arm of the Jervis Inlet within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia Canada. The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by who charted all of the known area and named the mountain after Alice Maud Mary who was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.Hitz, Charles W.(2003). ''Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet'', p.54. Sikta 2 Publishing., Kirkland, WA. . See also * Royal eponyms in Canada In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for royal individuals, whether a member of the past French royal family, British royal family, or present Canadian royal family thus reflecting the country's status as a constitutional mona ... References External linksDetail Map of Mount Alicefrom the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mt.Alice. * One-thousanders of British Columbia Pacific Ranges New Westminster Land District {{BritishColumbiaCoast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Alice (California)
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Mount Alice may refer to: * Mount Alice (Alaska) in Alaska, USA * Mount Alice (British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada * Mount Alice (California) in California, USA * Mount Alice (Colorado) in Colorado, USA * Mount Alice, Falkland Islands in West Falkland, Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Alice (Colorado)
Mount Alice is a high mountain summit in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, southwest by south ( bearing 217°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States, immediately east of the Continental Divide between Boulder and Grand counties. Just who the namesake Alice was is unclear, but according to one source she was likely a "woman of ill repute". Climbing The standard routes to the summit can be climbed in a long day out of Wild Basin. Most climbers ascent via Hourglass Ridge above Lion lakes or else via Boulder Grand Pass above Thunder Lake. Both are class 3 routes and do not require any technical moves. Historical names *Mount Alice – 1911 *Sioux Mountain See also *List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits **List of Colorado fourteeners ** List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits **List of the most prominent summits of Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Alice, Falkland Islands
Mount Alice is a mountain rising to at the south extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated between the bays of Port Stephens and Port Albemarle, due north of Cape Meredith. After the Falklands War the mountain became the home of No. 751 Signals Unit RAF, an air defence radar unit. The mountain's top is now occupied by Remote Radar Head (RRH) Mount Alice of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), ''Mercopress News Agency'', 30 October 2002 part of an early warning and airspace control network including also RRH Byron Heights on West Falkland and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Falkland
West Falkland () is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastline is long. Population The island has fewer than 200 people, scattered around the coastline. The largest settlement is Port Howard on the east coast, which has an airstrip. Other settlements include Albemarle, Chartres, Dunnose Head, Fox Bay, Fox Bay West, Hill Cove, Port Stephens, and Roy Cove, most of which are linked by road and also have airstrips and harbours. In 1986, the population was 265, in 2001, it had fallen to 144 and rose to 160 in 2016. Because West Falkland is outside Stanley or RAF Mount Pleasant on East Falkland it is considered part of the " camp", a Falklander term for the area outside the main settlement. Geography and wildlife West Falkland is hillier on the side closest to East Falkland. The principal mountain range, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
