Lituya Mountain
Lituya Mountain rises to 3,634 m in Alaska. Mount Fairweather stands 4,671 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Salisbury, a peak 3.9 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 51 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Lituya Mountain is a peak in the Fairweather Range of Alaska, United States, south of Mount Fairweather. Its eastern slopes feed a branch of the Johns Hopkins Glacier, which flows into Glacier Bay. On its western side is a large cirque, shared with Mount Fairweather, Mount Quincy Adams, and Mount Salisbury, which heads the Fairweather Glacier; this flows almost to the Pacific coast at Cape Fairweather. The Lituya Glacier flows from the south side of the mountain into Lituya Bay on the Pacific coast. Though not exceptional in terms of absolute elevation, Lituya Mountain does possess great vertical relief over local terrain. For example, the south side of the mountain drops 8,000 feet (2,400 m) to the Lituya Glacier in approximately 3 miles (5 km), and the southeast side drops the same distance in just over 2 miles (3 km). Lituya Mountain is not often climbed, partly due to its proximity to the higher and better-known Mount Fairweather, and partly due to difficult access and bad weather in the Fairweather Range. The Lituya name was published in 1852 as G(ora) L'tua, meaning "Lituya Mountain" in Russian by Mikhail Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Navy.
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Wikidata Q6653395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3634 m
How to reach it
- 51.0 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
33 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Salisbury: 3.9 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 6.2 mi
- Mount Quincy Adams: 7.1 mi
- Bay Peak: 7.3 mi
- Mount Orville: 7.6 mi
- Glaciar Bay: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lituya Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Fairweather | NNW 335° | 4,671 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Quincy Adams | N 356° | 4,150 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Crillon | SE 136° | 3,879 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Salisbury | NE 36° | 3,710 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Root | N 350° | 3,553 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Wilbur | SE 137° | 3,298 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount La Perouse | SE 143° | 3,265 m | 21.0 mi |
| Unmarked Boundary Point 166 | N 350° | 3,215 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:12 | 19:31 | 20:24 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 22:11 | 23:26 |
| September equinox | 07:55 | 19:18 | 20:11 |
| December solstice | 11:02 | 15:31 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Inside the official boundary of Glacier Bay National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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