Mount Kennedy

Mount Kennedy
Mount Kennedy
Elevation 4,250-4,300 metres (~14,000 feet)
Prominence 390 m (1,280 ft) [1]
Location
Location Yukon, Canada
Range Saint Elias Mountains
Coordinates 60°20′28.2″N 138°57′58.8″W / 60.341167°N 138.966333°W / 60.341167; -138.966333Coordinates: 60°20′28.2″N 138°57′58.8″W / 60.341167°N 138.966333°W / 60.341167; -138.966333
Topo map NTS 115B/07
Climbing
First ascent 1965
Easiest route glacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Kennedy is a peak in the Saint Elias Mountains within Kluane National Park, in Yukon, Canada. Its 4250-m to 4300-m (14000-foot) summit lies within 10 km of the Alaska Panhandle. Dusty Glacier lies against it to the north.

After the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK), it was the highest peak in North America that had not yet been climbed, and it was named in his honour.[1]

First ascent

Its first ascent was in 1965 by JFK's brother Robert Kennedy, with a party of experienced mountaineers sponsored by the National Geographic Society and led by Jim Whittaker. Upon reaching the peak of the summit, Kennedy left some of his brother's PT-boat tie clips, a copy of his brother's Inaugural Presidential Address, and a John F. Kennedy medallion.

Climbers in the party included:

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