Mount Crillon | |
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![]() Mt. Crillon (left) and Mt. Bertha (right) seen from park headquarters | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,726 ft (3,879 m)[1] |
Prominence | 7,214 ft (2,199 m)[1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 58°39′46″N 137°10′19″W / 58.66278°N 137.17194°W[1] |
Geography | |
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Interactive map of Mount Crillon | |
Location | Glacier Bay National Park, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, U.S. |
Parent range | Fairweather Range, Saint Elias Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Mount Fairweather C-4 Quadrangle |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1934 by Bradford Washburn, H. Adams Carter |
Easiest route | West ridge: glacier/snow/ice/rock climb (Alaska Grade 4) |
Mount Crillon is a high peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It lies southeast of Mount Fairweather, in the promontory between the Gulf of Alaska and Glacier Bay. It is included in Glacier Bay National Park. The peak was named after Felix-Francois-Dorothee de Bretton, Comte de Crillon, by his friend, the French explorer Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse.