Great Nunatak
Great Nunatak rises to 1,113 m in Alaska. Mount Gilbert Lewis stands 3,695 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Thomas, a peak 10 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 11 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Great Nunatak is a 3,652-foot (1,113 m) elevation summit located 21 mi (34 km) west of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. This remote mountain is situated near the terminus of the Columbia Glacier, 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Columbia Peak, on land managed by Chugach National Forest. This 2.2-mile long feature has a secondary summit, elevation 3,412 ft. Great Nunatak traces its name to Grove Karl Gilbert, a geologist with the United States Geological Survey who was part of the 1899 Harriman Alaska expedition that explored this area. He believed it to be the largest nunatak in Alaska when he casually referred to it as "the great nunatak" in a 1902 publication. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1975 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. While the name remains, its status as a nunatak is obsolete because glacier lobes that once barely touched, now no longer completely encircle this landform as the Columbia Glacier retreats, and tidewater of Columbia Bay replaces the ice on the north and west aspects of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q49033378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1113 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Richardson Highway
54 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Thomas: 10.0 mi
- Mount Defiant: 10.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Columbia Peak: 11.2 mi
- Mount Freemantle: 11.3 mi
- Lighthouse with Sea Lion: 12.2 mi
- Valdez, Alaska Arch: 22.4 mi
- Dock Point Trail: 22.6 mi
- Dock Point Trail: 22.9 mi
- Solomon Gulch Hatchery Visitor Self Guided Tour: 23.8 mi
- Ruth Pond Park: 21.9 mi
- Meyring Park South: 22.1 mi
- Meyring Park North: 22.1 mi
- Dock Point: 23.1 mi
- Valdez - The All-American Route: 22.0 mi
- Whispering Giant, by Peter Toth: 22.2 mi
- Valdez Museum: 22.1 mi
- Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum: 22.1 mi
- American Legion Post 2 - Veterans Memorial Park: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Nunatak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gilbert Lewis | N 349° | 3,695 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Valhalla | N 355° | 3,668 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Witherspoon | NNW 343° | 3,632 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Edison | NNW 344° | 3,557 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Einstein | N 351° | 3,503 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Cardozo | NNW 339° | 3,313 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Fafnir | N 358° | 3,214 m | 23.1 mi |
| Blackcliff Mountain | N 355° | 3,127 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:06 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 04:11 | 22:04 | 23:30 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 18:53 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | — | 15:32 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 39 | 30 | 27 |
| Precip in | 10.2 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 13.8 | 17.2 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cannery Creek, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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