Mount Tatum is an mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
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in the Alaska Range, in
Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a List of national parks of the United States, United States national park and National preserve, preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali (feder ...
. Mount Tatum lies to the northeast of
Denali
Denali (), federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring . On p. 20 of Helm ...
on Carpe Ridge with
Muldrow Glacier to the west and
Traleika Glacier to the east. Mount Tatum was named about 1945 by
Bradford Washburn for Robert G. Tatum, a participant in the first ascent of Mount McKinley, reaching the South Peak on June 1, 1913.
Gallery
File:Mount Tatum.jpg, North aspect
See also
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Mountain peaks of Alaska
References
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Alaska Range
Mountains of Denali Borough, Alaska
Mountains of Denali National Park and Preserve
Three-thousanders of the United States