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Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
Mount Wrangell, a peak in AlaskaDepartment of the Interior. National Park Service. Alaska Region. (12/2/1980 - 5/1995) · Public domain
Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Alaska Region. (12/2/1980 - 5/1995) · Public domain
Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain
Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
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Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
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Mount Wrangell, a peak in Alaska
Phinney S. Hunt · Public domain

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Mount Wrangell rises to 4,317 m in Alaska. Mount Sanford stands 4,949 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zanetti, a peak 3.7 miles away. 14 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

About

The story

Mount Wrangell, (Ahtna: K’ełt’aeni, or K’ełedi when erupting) is a massive shield volcano located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska, United States. The shield rises over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above the Copper River to its southwest. Its volume is over 220 cubic miles (920 km3), making it more than twice as massive as Mount Shasta in California, the largest stratovolcano by volume in the Cascades. It is part of the Wrangell Mountains as well as the Wrangell Volcanic Field, which extends for more than 250 kilometers (160 mi) across Southcentral Alaska into the Yukon Territory in Canada, and has an eruptive history spanning the time from Pleistocene to Holocene.

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Wikidata Q185847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4317 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates62.00583, -144.01944
Around it

14 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 13
  • Mount Zanetti: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Jarvis: 13.0 mi
  • Mount Sanford: 14.8 mi
  • Nathlie Mountain: 16.0 mi
  • Scotty Peak: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cheshnina Falls: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordNNW 346°4,949 m14.8 mi
Mount JarvisE 84°4,109 m13.0 mi
Mount ZanettiNW 307°3,965 m3.7 mi
Mount DrumWNW 291°3,661 m21.4 mi
Snider PeakWNW 283°2,525 m20.2 mi
Ruddy MountainWNW 284°2,274 m24.9 mi
Scotty PeakS 174°2,252 m16.0 mi
Nathlie MountainNW 308°2,108 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3818:5219:51
June solstice03:4621:5823:31
September equinox07:2118:4019:38
December solstice10:01—15:09

Local time (America/Anchorage).

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Dec; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4526208282

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