| Cope Mountain | |
| Elevation Ft: | 2496 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 430. |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.29 |
| Parent Peak: | Erskine Mountain (2,657 ft) |
| Etymology: | Harry P. Cope |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Alaska |
| Region: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Region Type: | Borough |
| Range: | Kodiak Archipelago[2] |
| Map: | USA Alaska |
| Label Position: | right |
| Map Size: | 270 |
| Coordinates: | 57.7315°N -152.6165°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS Kodiak C-2 |
Cope Mountain is a 2496feet summit in Alaska.
Cope Mountain is located 9miles southwest of Kodiak on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island.[3] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2400abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Sargent Creek in approximately 1miles and the east face rises 1700abbr=offNaNabbr=off in 0.4miles. The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to honor Harry P. Cope, an Englishman who arrived in Kodiak from San Francisco in 1868.[4] He was the first postmaster at Kodiak and was known locally as "Uncle Harry."[3] The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cope Mountain is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[5] Weather systems coming off the North Pacific are forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.