Cockedhat Mountain Explained

Cockedhat Mountain
Elevation Ft:7410
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.
Range:Brooks Range
Map:USA Alaska
Label Position:left
Coordinates:68.1464°N -150.6936°W

Cockedhat Mountain is a 74100NaN0 mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, and is one of the tallest mountains in the central Brooks Range.[1] Located in the midst of the protected wilderness of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Cockedhat Mountain is approximately 27 air miles from the village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska.

Cockedhat Mountain was so named on account of its unusual outline.[2]

Topography

Visitors to Cockedhat have remarked on its "high, jagged peaks wrapped in clouds," and its "vast, sheer mountain walls."[3] The summit of Cockedhat Mountain rises at the intersection of four steep, long ridges. Cirque glaciers, rare in the central Brooks Range, sit in large bowls to the North, East, and West, and a small hanging glacier clings to the peak's steep western face. Only the peak's southern bowl remains free of year-round snow and ice.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 87. Cockedhat Mountain. 13 October 2013.
  2. Book: Orth, Donald J.. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. 1967. U.S. Government Printing Office. 228.
  3. Book: Joe McGinniss. Going to Extremes. 1 August 2010. Epicenter Press. 978-1-935347-03-3. 291–294.