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Mount Nesselrode

Mount Nesselrode, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Nesselrode rises to 2,208 m in Alaska. Devils Paw stands 2,452 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Bressler, a peak 2.8 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Nesselrode, also known as Boundary Peak 98, is a 2,474 m (8,117 ft) peak in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on and in part defining the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States. About 40 miles (64 km) north of Juneau to the west of the lower Stikine River and in the heart of the Stikine Icecap in Juneau Icefield southwest of Atlin Lake, the summit, with a prominence of 924 m (3,031 ft), is also the corner point of Alaska's Haines Borough and Juneau Borough. It was named in 1924 on the 100th anniversary of the Russo-American Treaty of 1824 in honour of Karl Nesselrode, also known as Charles de Nesselrode, then Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a plenipotentiary in the negotiations that produced the Russo-American Treaty of 1824 and defined the boundary between Russian America and US claims to the Oregon Country and was mirrored in a parallel Russian treaty with the British the next year, defining 54°40′ north as the southward limit of Russian possessions. The first ascent of Mount Nesselrode was made in August 1973.

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Wikidata Q6922392, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1907
Elevation
2208 m

What to expect

Operated by
International Boundary Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates58.96218, -134.31349

53 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
  • Mount Bressler: 2.8 mi
  • Boundary Peak 99: 3.5 mi
  • Boundary Peak 96: 4.2 mi
  • Mount London: 6.0 mi
  • Mount Ogilvie: 7.3 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils PawSE 133°2,452 m23.3 mi
Mount ServiceNNW 332°2,381 m10.0 mi
Mount LelandNW 310°2,371 m22.3 mi
Mount LondonNNW 336°2,309 m6.0 mi
Mount PoleticaNNW 333°2,298 m13.2 mi
Mount BresslerSSW 197°2,287 m2.8 mi
Boundary Peak 96S 177°2,260 m4.2 mi
Mount MooreSSE 148°2,259 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:1819:11
June solstice03:4521:0022:15
September equinox06:4318:0618:59
December solstice08:5113:1515:02

Local time (America/Juneau).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/244247156

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