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Mount Isto

Mount Isto, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Isto rises to 2,736 m in Alaska. Mount Michelson stands 2,699 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Contact Peak, a peak 4.9 miles away. 13 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Isto is the highest peak in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA. Located in the eastern Brooks Range, in what are known as the Romanzof Mountains, Mount Isto is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Mount Hubley, the second tallest peak in the Brooks Range. Mount Isto is within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and was named in 1966 for Reynold E. (Pete) Isto, a civil engineer for the U.S. Geological Survey. In 2014, new measurement technology established that Mount Isto is the highest peak in the Brooks Range. Previously, Mount Chamberlin was believed to be the tallest, but it is now ranked third.

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Wikidata Q8529786, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2736 m

How to reach it

Coordinates69.20250, -143.80194

13 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 13
  • Contact Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Mount Hubley: 5.1 mi
  • Schwanda Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Mount McCall: 5.9 mi
  • Mount Suki: 6.1 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MichelsonWNW 303°2,699 m13.5 mi
Mount HubleyN 1°2,689 m5.1 mi
Wolverine CragsN 10°2,664 m6.8 mi
Contact PeakNNE 18°2,637 m4.9 mi
Mount WawN 1°2,621 m7.7 mi
Schwanda PeakNNE 12°2,609 m5.3 mi
Mount McCallNNW 348°2,514 m5.9 mi
Mount SukiN 3°2,501 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3518:3419:52
June solsticeMidnight sun
September equinox07:1718:2319:40
December solsticePolar night

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/5630810121

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