Mount Eliza (Fairweather Range)

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Mount Eliza
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Aerial view, North aspect, summit centered
Highest point
Elevation 2,954 m (9,692 ft) [1]
Prominence 947 m (3,107 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Fairweather (4,671 m) [2]
Isolation 7.08 km (4.40 mi) [2]
Coordinates 59°05′48″N137°23′39″W / 59.09667°N 137.39417°W / 59.09667; -137.39417 [3]
Geography
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Mount Eliza
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Eliza
Location in Canada
Mount Eliza (Fairweather Range)
Interactive map of Mount Eliza
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Cassiar Land District [4]
Protected area Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park
Parent range Fairweather Range
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map NTS 114P5 Konamoxt Glacier [3]

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

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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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References

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