Mount Edgecumbe
Mount Edgecumbe rises to 976 m in Alaska. Ante Peak stands 1,503 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Montana de San Jacinto, a peak 2.1 miles away. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Edgecumbe (Tlingit: Lʼúx, Russian: Эджком) is a dormant stratovolcano located at the southern end of Kruzof Island, Alaska, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Sitka. The volcano has been dormant for over 800 years. Mount Edgecumbe is about 9.9 miles (16 km) east of the Queen Charlotte Fault that separates the North American and Pacific Plates, and is the highest point in the Mount Edgecumbe volcanic field, an area of about 100 square miles (260 km2) on Kruzof Island that also includes Crater Ridge and Shell Mountain. Mount Edgecumbe has not had a major eruption in 4000 years. Recent earthquake activity shows magma intrusion at a depth of 3 miles (5 km), but as of 2022, an eruption does not appear to be imminent. It has been classified by the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) as "historically active". Mount Edgecumbe was a prop in a 1974 April Fools' Joke, which involved tricking the citizens of Sitka into believing the volcano was erupting.
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Wikidata Q288383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 976 m
How to reach it
86 named places within 25 miles
- Montana de San Jacinto: 2.1 mi
- Shell Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Krestof Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 14.4 mi
- No Name Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Michio Hoshino Totem Pole: 14.0 mi
- Fort Rousseau (historical): 14.0 mi
- CG-6017: 14.8 mi
- Yei éek kwa néix: 15.1 mi
- Kaisei Maru: 15.5 mi
- Pioneers of Alaska Park: 14.8 mi
- Turnaround Park: 15.5 mi
- Kimsham Sports Complex: 15.5 mi
- Moller Park: 15.7 mi
- Castle Hill Park: 15.9 mi
- Sitka Cruise Ship Port: 14.4 mi
- Russian Blockhouse: 15.8 mi
- Castle Hill: 15.9 mi
- Sitka National Historical Park: 16.6 mi
- Glass Ball Beach: 17.1 mi
- Blatchley Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- St. Peter's Fellowship Farm: 16.2 mi
- Fine Arts Camp Compost Garden Project: 16.5 mi
- Chicken Coop: 16.6 mi
- Sitka History Museum: 16.1 mi
- Russian Bishops House: 16.1 mi
- Sheldon Jackson Museum: 16.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.6 mi
- Sage Beach: 16.4 mi
- Indian River Falls: 19.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Sitka National Historical Park: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Edgecumbe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ante Peak | ENE 79° | 1,503 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Katlian | ENE 71° | 1,312 m | 22.1 mi |
| Annahootz Mountain | NE 46° | 1,311 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | E 90° | 1,239 m | 22.5 mi |
| Cupola Peak | E 97° | 1,212 m | 24.7 mi |
| East Sister | E 80° | 1,165 m | 20.6 mi |
| North Sister | E 79° | 1,135 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Verstovia | E 88° | 1,004 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:27 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 04:09 | 20:55 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:14 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 13:56 | 15:23 |
Local time (America/Sitka).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 46 | 40 | 38 |
| Precip in | 8.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sitka AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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