Glacier King is a mountain
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
in
Alaska, United States.
Description
Glacier King is located in the
Boundary Ranges
The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian p ...
of the
Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia ...
and set on land managed by
Tongass National Forest.
[ The remote peak is east-southeast of ]The Tusk
The Tusk () is a sharply pointed peak of white marble, about 460 m high, in the east part of Mayer Crags. It stands 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of Mount Henson at the west side of the terminus of Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier is a steep vall ...
and north of Juneau
The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
on the western margin of the Juneau Icefield.Berners Bay
Berners Bay (Lingít: ''Dax̱anáak'' or ''Wóoshde X̱’al.át Yé'') is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska, approximately north of Juneau. It is a large and deep indentation, about wide at the entrance, which is formed by Point Bridget and ...
and Lynn Canal via the Gilkey River, whereas the south slope is surrounded by the Taku Glacier. Topographic relief is significant as the north face rises 4,500 feet (1,370 m) in . The mountain's descriptive name was applied by members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project in 1964 and the toponym was officially adopted in 1965 by the United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is a federal body operating under the United States Secretary of the Interior. The purpose of the board is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the federal governm ...
.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Glacier King is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.
See also
* Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield
* Geography of Alaska
References
External links
* Glacier King
weather forecast
{{Portal bar, Mountains, Geography, Alaska
Mountains of Alaska
Mountains of Juneau, Alaska
North American 1000 m summits
Boundary Ranges
Coast Mountains
Tongass National Forest