Icy Peak (Alaska)

Icy Peak
Icy Peak
	Northwest aspect, in 1960
Highest point
Elevation	4,550 ft (1,390 m)
Prominence	1,300 ft (396 m)
Parent peak	Mount Kialagvik
Isolation	8.52 mi (13.71 km)
Coordinates	57°15′01″N156°32′09″W / 57.2502573°N 156.5357253°W
Geography
	Icy Peak Location in Alaska
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kodiak Island Borough
Protected area	Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Topo map	USGS Ugashik B-2

Last updated February 21, 2024

Icy Peak is a 4,550-foot-elevation (1,390-meter) mountain summit in Alaska, United States.

Description

Part of the Aleutian Range, Icy Peak is set 9.5 miles (15.3 km) southwest of Cape Kayakliut on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula and within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.^[2] Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains north into Kialagvik Creek, and south into Glacier Creek and Agripina River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4,500 feet (1,372 meters) above tidewater of Wide Bay in approximately two miles (3.2 km). The mountain's local descriptive name was published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in the early 1880s and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[2]^[3]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Icy Peak is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.^[4] 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. This climate supports 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²) of unnamed glaciers and ice on the slopes surrounding the peak.^[5]

Gallery

West aspect of Icy Peak above Kialagvik Creek
North aspect in 1960

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References

1 2 3 4 "Icy Peak - 4,550' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
1 2 3 4 5 "Icy Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-13.
↑ Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 442.
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
↑ American Geographical Society of New York, Mountain Glaciers of the Northern Hemisphere: Alaska and adjacent Canada. Arctic Canada. North Atlantic Islands, 1975, p.627.

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[listsofjohn-1] 1 2 3 4 "Icy Peak - 4,550' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

[gnis-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Icy Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-13.

[Orth-3] Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 442.

[Peel-4] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

[5] American Geographical Society of New York, Mountain Glaciers of the Northern Hemisphere: Alaska and adjacent Canada. Arctic Canada. North Atlantic Islands, 1975, p.627.

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