Mount Cook (or Boundary Peak 182) is a high peak on the
Yukon Territory-
Alaska
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border, in the
Saint Elias Mountains of North America. It is approximately southwest of
Mount Vancouver and miles east-southeast of
Mount Saint Elias. It forms one of the corners of the jagged border, which is defined to run in straight lines between the major peaks. The same border also separates
Kluane National Park in the Yukon Territory from
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
Like many peaks of the Saint Elias Mountains, Mount Cook is a massive peak, with a large rise above local terrain. For example, the southwest face drops to the Marvine Glacier in approximately . It is also quite close to tidewater:
Disenchantment Bay is less than from the summit.
Mount Cook was first climbed in 1953. It is not often climbed due to its remoteness, the size of the mountain, the typically poor weather (due to its proximity to the ocean), and the fact that it is not one of the highest peaks of the range. In fact there are only four references to the peak in the complete index of the
American Alpine Journal.
Gallery
File:Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains).jpg, Southeast aspect
See also
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List of mountain peaks of North America
**
List of mountain peaks of Canada
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List of mountains of Yukon
**
List of mountain peaks of the United States
*
List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border
Notes
# This is according to bivouac.com, the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia, quoting the Canadian NTS map. The USGS map has an elevation that is 6 feet lower.
# According to bivouac.com, the NTS map shows the high point substantially north of the international border (much as with
Mount Vancouver). The USGS shows the summit to be right on the border.
References
External links
Mount Cook on bivouac.comMount Cook on TopozoneIndex of the American Alpine Journal, A-K"Mount Cook, Yukon Territory/Alaska" on Peakbagger
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Four-thousanders of Yukon
Saint Elias Mountains
Mountains of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Kluane National Park and Reserve
Canada–United States border
International mountains of North America
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