Mount Becharof

Mount Becharof
Mount Becharof
	Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	3,146 ft (959 m)
Prominence	2,575 ft (785 m)
Parent peak	Deer Mountain (3,350 ft)
Isolation	17.88 mi (28.78 km)
Coordinates	57°32′38″N156°04′44″W / 57.5438461°N 156.0790267°W
Geography
	Mount Becharof Location in Alaska
	Interactive map of Mount Becharof
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Kodiak Island Borough
Protected area	Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
Parent range	Aleutian Range
Topo map	USGS Ugashik C-1

Last updated December 15, 2024

Mount Becharof is a 3,146-foot-elevation (959-meter) mountain summit in Alaska.

Description

Part of the Aleutian Range, Mount Becharof is located 135 miles (217 km) west of Kodiak on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. It is set on the west shore of Portage Bay and north shore of Kanatak Lagoon,^[3] within the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge.^[4] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Kanatak Creek, Portage Bay, and Kanatak Lagoon. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 3,000 feet (914 meters) above tidewater at Kanatak Lagoon in 1.2 miles (1.9 km). The mountain's name was published in the 1880s by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[3]^[5] The mountain is named in association with nearby Becharof Lake which was named in 1868 by William Healey Dall after the Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov of the Imperial Russian Navy who explored Kodiak in 1788.^[6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Becharof is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.^[7] 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.

Gallery

Mount Becharof in 1940s

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References

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1 2 3 "Mount Becharof, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
↑ Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 120.
↑ "Becharof Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-15.
↑ 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.

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[peakvisor-1] "Mount Becharof, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-12-15.

[listsofjohn-2] 1 2 3 "Becharof, Mount - 3,150' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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[peakbagger-4] 1 2 3 "Mount Becharof, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

[Orth-5] Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 120.

[gnis2-6] "Becharof Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2023-12-15.

[Peel-7] 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.

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