Mount Augusta, also designated Boundary Peak 183, is a high peak in the state of Alaska. Mount Augusta lies about south of

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and 25 km east of

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, respectively the first and second highest mountains in Canada. It forms the eastern end of the long ridge of which Mount Saint Elias is the center and highest point. The

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starts to the north of the peak, separating it from Mount Logan, and then flows around the east side of the peak, forming the gap between Augusta and the peaks surrounding Mount Cook. It then continues south to join the

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Name origin

Mount Augusta was named in 1891 by I.C. Russell of the

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, for his wife J. Augusta Olmsted Russell.

Notable Features

In terms of pure elevation, Mount Augusta is not particularly notable, being one of the lowest

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s in the

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; it is therefore quite overshadowed by its huge neighbors Saint Elias and Logan. However, it is a huge peak in terms of local relief, since it lies so close to low terrain (and in fact close to tidewater). For example, it drops 10,000 feet (3,050m) to the Seward Glacier on the southeast side of the peak in approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km).

Climbing

* 1952 ''North Ridge'' (the eastern of two north ridges), FA of peak by

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, Victor Josendal, Bill Niendorff, Richard E. McGowan, Bob Yeasting, Gibson Reynolds, Tom Morris, Verl Rogers, summiting on July 4. * 1987 a party led by noted Canadian mountaineer Don Serl ascended a route on the North Rib and West Ridge. * 1990 ''South Ridge''. Mark Bebie (U.S.) and Bill Pilling reached the summit after a climb of six days.Selters pp. 312–313

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Sources

External links

* Mount Augusta photo
FlickrMount Augusta on Topozone"Mount Augusta, Yukon Territory/Alaska" on Peakbagger
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