Mount Eliza (Fairweather Range) Explained

Mount Eliza
Elevation M:2954
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:947
Prominence Ref:[2]
Isolation Km:7.08
Parent Peak:Mount Fairweather (4,671 m)
Range:Fairweather Range
Saint Elias Mountains
Region Type:Province
Region:British Columbia
District:Cassiar Land District
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park
Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Label Position:right
Coordinates:59.0967°N -137.3942°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]

Mount Eliza is a 2,954-metre (9,692-foot) mountain summit in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Mount Eliza is located in the Fairweather Range and it ranks as the fourth-highest peak within Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park.[2] Topographic relief is significant as the west slope rises approximately 1,450 metres (4,757 ft) in two kilometres (1.2 mile). Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains to Glacier Bay. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada,[3] following recommendation by surveyor John Davidson Craig of the International Boundary Survey.[4] Mount Eliza is set seven kilometres from the Canada–US border and Glacier Bay National Park.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Eliza is located in a tundra climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[5] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Fairweather Range (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Eliza, Ferris, and Grand Pacific glaciers surrounding the mountain.

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Notes and References

  1. BC Basemap, Mt Eliza. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  2. Web site: Mount Eliza, Peakvisor.com. 2024-01-28.
  3. JAFGG. Mount Eliza. 2024-01-31.
  4. 2849. Mount Eliza. 2024-01-31.
  5. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606. free .