Mount Newhall is a
summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...
in
Alaska
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, United States.
Description
Mount Newhall is a landmark of the
Dutch Harbor
Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June, 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked it just seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. To this day, ...
area set east of
Unalaska
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on
Unalaska Island
Unalaska (, ) is a volcanic island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in the US state of Alaska located at . The island has a land area of . It measures long and wide. The city of Unalaska, Alaska, covers part of the island a ...
of the
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ...
. Mount Newhall is part of the
Aleutian Range
The Aleutian Range is a major mountain range located in southwest Alaska. It extends from Chakachamna Lake (80 miles/130 km southwest of Anchorage) to Unimak Island, which is at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. It includes all of the mountain ...
.
[ Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Iliuliuk Bay. ]Topographic relief
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is significant as the summit rises over above tidewater in approximately . The mountain's toponym was a local name published in 1951 on an U.S. Geological Survey map and has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names
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.[Donald J. Orth, ''Dictionary of Alaska Place Names'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 684.] Dr. Albert Warren Newhall (1872–1929) and his wife Agnes were early residents of Unalaska who managed the Jesse Lee Home in Unalaska in the late 1800s and early 1900s.''The National Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 12''
Bostonian Publishing Company, 1900, p. 477. He was the local physician, dentist, and minister.
Climate
According to the
Köppen climate classification
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system, Mount Newhall is located in a
subpolar oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring co ...
zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.
Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.
Gallery
File:Unalaska Harbor (8230568481).jpg, Mt. Newhall
File:Unalaska (8240243158).jpg, Mt. Newhall (left) and Unalaska
File:UnalaskaAlaska.jpg, Newhall (left) and Unalaska
See also
*
Mount Ballyhoo
Mount Ballyhoo is a summit in Alaska, United States.
Description
Mount Ballyhoo is part of the Aleutian Range. This iconic landmark of the Dutch Harbor area is set in Unalaska Bay as the high point of Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands.D ...
*
Pyramid Peak (Unalaska Island)
References
External links
* Mount Newhall
weather forecast* Dr. A. W. Newhall (photo and biography, page 4)
books.google.com
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Mountains of Alaska
Aleutian Range
Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
Unalaska Island