Cope Mountain

Cope Mountain
Cope Mountain
	East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	2,496 ft (761 m)
Prominence	430 ft (131 m)
Parent peak	Erskine Mountain (2,657 ft)
Isolation	1.29 mi (2.08 km)
Coordinates	57°43′53″N152°36′59″W / 57.7314647°N 152.6164562°W
Naming
Etymology	Harry P. Cope
Geography
	Cope Mountain Location in Alaska
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kodiak Island Borough
Parent range	Kodiak Archipelago
Topo map	USGS Kodiak C-2

Last updated March 24, 2024

Cope Mountain is a 2,496-foot-elevation (761-meter) summit in Alaska.

Description

Cope Mountain is located nine miles (14 km) southwest of Kodiak on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island.^[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,400 feet (732 meters) above Sargent Creek in approximately one mile (1.6 km) and the east face rises 1,700 feet (518 meters) in 0.4 miles (0.64 km). 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."^[2] The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[2]

Climate

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.

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References

1 2 3 4 "Cope Mountain - 2,496' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
1 2 3 4 5 "Cope Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-16.
↑ "Cope Mountain, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
↑ Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 236.
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

Cope Mountain: weather forecast

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[listsofjohn-1] 1 2 3 4 "Cope Mountain - 2,496' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[gnis-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Cope Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[peakbagger-3] "Cope Mountain, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

[Orth-4] Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 236.

[Peel-5] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN 1027-5606.

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