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Mount Fairweather (or Tsal x aan in the Tlingit language [3]) is 20 km (12 mi) east of the Pacific Ocean on the Canada–United States border between Alaska and western British Columbia and has an elevation of 4,653 metres (15,266 ft). Most of the mountain lies within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the City and Borough of Yakutat ...
Fairweather Range. / 58.90722°N 137.52667°W / 58.90722; -137.52667. The Fairweather Range is the unofficial name for a mountain range located in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southernmost range of the Saint Elias Mountains. The northernmost section of the range is situated in ...
A small peak which rises over 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high in the Duncan Mountains. This feature which stands 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Mount Fairweather has a distinctive snow band across the south face. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64.
The Mt. Fairweather (officially gazetted as Fairweather Mountain in Canada but referred to as Mount Fairweather), is located 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of the Pacific Ocean in the Glacier Bay region. While most of the mountain lies within the City and Borough of Yakutat, the summit is also in Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, British Columbia ...
Lituya Mountain. / 58.80528°N 137.43667°W / 58.80528; -137.43667. Lituya Mountain is a peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, United States, south of Mount Fairweather. Its eastern slopes feed a branch of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, which flows into Glacier Bay. On its western side is a large cirque, shared with Mount Fairweather ...
ISBN 0907649645. On 16 January 1911, accompanied by L. Hedderich, he made the first ascent of Pico Humboldt. During the same expedition Jahn and some Venezuelan surveyors made first ascents of Micanon, Tucani and Pico de los Conejos in the Sierra del Norte. A further attempt on Pico Bolίvar in 1915 failed on account of sickness in the party. Dr.
NOAAS Fairweather (S 220) in Alaskan waters with Mount Fairweather in the background. Fairweather is named for Mount Fairweather in Alaska. She was constructed for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as a "medium survey ship " (MSS) by Aerojet-General Shipyards at Jacksonville, Florida. She was laid down on 12 August 1963 [1] and launched on 15 ...
The Boxgrove Palaeolithic site is an internationally important archaeological site north-east of Boxgrove in West Sussex with findings that date to the Lower Palaeolithic. The oldest human remains in Britain have been discovered on the site, fossils of Homo heidelbergensis dating to 500,000 years ago. [ 2] Boxgrove is also one of the oldest ...