Mount Tlingit Ankawoo is a mountain

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Description

Mount Tlingit Ankawoo is the highest point of the

Takhinsha Mountains The Takhinsha Mountains are a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah–Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, in the southeastern part of the state. They extend west-northwest from the northern end of the Chilkat Range to th ...

which are a subrange of the

Saint Elias Mountains The Saint Elias Mountains () are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias ...

. It is located west-southwest of Haines on the northern boundary of

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the area around Glacier Bay a national monument under the Antiquities Act on Febru ...

. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's north slope drains to the

Chilkat River The Chilkat River is a river in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska that flows southward from the Coast Range to the Chilkat Inlet and ultimately Lynn Canal. It is long. It begins at Chilkat Glacier, in Alaska, flows west and south in Brit ...

via the Takhin River, whereas the south slope drains to

Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Basin in southeastern Alaska, in the United States, encompasses the Glacier Bay and surrounding mountains and glaciers, which was first proclaimed a U.S. National Monument on February 25, 1925, and which was later, on December 2, 19 ...

. Although modest in elevation,

topographic relief Terrain (), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of land. In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientati ...

is significant as the summit rises above the Bertha Glacier in two miles (3.2 km). The mountain was named by a group of climbers led by Lawrence E. Nielsen who were exploring the Takhinsha Mountains in June 1966.Lawrence E. Nielsen, ''North America, United States, Alaska, Takhinsha Mountains''
1967, American Alpine Journal, americanalpineclub.org, Retrieved 2023-12-27. They made the first ascent of the north snow summit, but not the rocky true summit, failing two attempts. The peak's toponym is a

Tlingit The Tlingit or Lingít ( ) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. , they constitute two of the 231 federally recognized List of Alaska Native tribal entities, Tribes of Alaska. Most Tlingit are Alaska Natives; ...

word meaning "The Chief." The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the

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Climate

According to the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, Mount Tlingit Ankawoo is located in a

tundra climate The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. It is classified as ET according to the Köppen climate classification. It is a climate which at least one month has an average temperature high enough ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the

Gulf of Alaska The Gulf of Alaska ( Tlingit: ''Yéil T'ooch’'') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the ...

are forced upwards by the Takhinsha Mountains (

orographic lift Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...

), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports the Bertha, Casement, McBride, Garrison, and Willard glaciers surrounding the peak.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tlingit Ankawoo, Mount Saint Elias Mountains Two-thousanders of the United States Landforms of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska Mountains of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Description

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