Mount Turner (Fairweather Range)

Mount Turner, also known as Boundary Peak 162, is an 8,661+ foot (2,640+ meter) glaciated mountain summit located in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains, on the Canada–United States border between southeast Alaska and British Columbia. The peak is situated on the shared boundary of Glacier Bay National Park with Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, 8 mi (13 km) west of Tarr Inlet, and 4.4 mi (7 km) southwest of Mount Forde, which is the nearest peak. Turner is the highest point on the divide which separates Ferris Glacier from Margerie Glacier. The mountain's name was officially adopted by the Geographical Names Board of Canada on March 31, 1924.[3] The mountain was named for George Turner (1850-1932), one of the US members of the 1903 Alaska Boundary Tribunal.[4]

Mount Turner
Mount Turner
Highest point
Elevation8,661 ft (2,640 m) [1]
Prominence2,083 ft (635 m) [1]
Parent peakMount Root (12,887 ft)[2]
Coordinates58°59′59″N 137°16′57″W [1]
Geography
Mount Turner
Location of Mount Turner in Alaska
LocationHoonah-Angoon
Alaska, United States
Cassiar Land District
British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeFairweather Range
Saint Elias Mountains[1]
Topo mapUSGS Skagway A-7
NTS 114P/3
Climbing
Easiest routeMountaineering East face[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Turner has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports small hanging glaciers on its slopes as well as the larger Margerie Glacier to the south and Ferris Glacier to the north. Precipitation runoff and meltwater from its glaciers drains into Glacier Bay Basin.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Turner, Alaska/British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. "Mount Turner". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  3. "Mount Turner". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  4. "Mount Turner". BC Geographical Names.
  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. ISSN 1027-5606.
Margerie Glacier with Mount Turner labelled
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