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Council

Council from directly overhead

Council is a ghost town in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Mount Bendeleben stands 1,137 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Mordaunt, a peak 2.6 miles away. 9 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

human settlement in Alaska, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates64.89500, -163.67600

9 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 9
  • Mount Mordaunt: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Wick: 6.3 mi
  • King Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Bermudez Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Mount Dixon: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Council. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BendelebenNNW 328°1,137 m22.8 mi
Chauik MountainN 351°1,056 m17.1 mi
Golden PeakN 6°887 m21.0 mi
Mount DixonW 278°456 m17.0 mi
Mount WickENE 75°450 m6.3 mi
King MountainNNE 31°336 m6.8 mi
Mount MordauntNW 326°201 m2.6 mi
Donahue MountainS 184°177 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:5520:0621:10
June solstice04:0023:4201:54
September equinox08:3919:5320:58
December solstice12:0415:43

Local time (America/Nome).

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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