- Mount Wilbur (Alaska)
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Mount Wilbur (Alaska) Elevation 10,821 ft (3,298 m) Prominence 3,963 ft (1,208 m) Location Location Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA Range Fairweather Range, Saint Elias Range Coordinates 58°44′24″N 137°19′07″W / 58.74°N 137.31861°W Topo map USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle Climbing First ascent 1975 by D. Jones, C. Gerhardt, C. McKibben Easiest route snow/ice climb Mount Wilbur is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Range. It lies approximately 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Mount Crillon. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the higher of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright Brothers.
Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Wilbur does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 miles from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.
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Categories:- Landforms of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska
- Mountains of Alaska
- Wright brothers
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