Mount Michelson | |
Elevation Ft: | 8852 |
Location: | North Slope Borough, Alaska |
Range: | Brooks Range |
Map: | USA Alaska |
Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 69.3078°N -144.2675°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Topo: | USGS Mount Michelson B-1 |
First Ascent: | April 23, 1957 by John P. Thomson and R. E. "Pete" Isto[2] |
Easiest Route: | South Face to East Ridge: glacier/snow climb, Alaska Grade 1 |
Mount Michelson is a high peak in the Romanzof Mountains, part of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. It is located about 15miles north of the highest peak in the range, Mount Isto. In 2015 new measurement show that Mount Michelson is the fourth highest mountain at the range, measuring at 8852abbr=offNaNabbr=off.[3]
The mountain was named by E. de K. Leffingwell, between 1906 and 1914, for Professor Albert Abraham Michelson, an American scientist.[1]