The Mitre is a mountain
summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
located in the western
Chugach Mountains
The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about long and wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnagain ...
, in
Anchorage Municipality
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
in the
U.S. state of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
. The mountain is situated in
Chugach State Park, east of
Anchorage
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
, northeast of
Bellicose Peak
Bellicose Peak is a mountain summit in Alaska, United States.
Description
Bellicose Peak is located east of Anchorage in the western Chugach Mountains. It ranks as the third-highest peak within Chugach State Park. Precipitation runoff from the ...
, and south-southeast of
Eklutna Lake
Eklutna Lake ( Dena'ina: ''Idlu Bena'') is a lake in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, near the village of Eklutna.[Benign Peak
Benign Peak is a elevation mountain summit located in the western Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska. The mountain is situated in Chugach State Park, east of Anchorage, and south of Eklutna Lake. The near ...]
, to the west-northwest, on the opposite side of the
Eklutna Glacier
Eklutna Glacier is a land terminating glacier in Chugach State Park and the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska. Runoff from Eklutna Glacier contributes to Eklutna Lake, the main source of drinking water for the Anchorage community as well a ...
.
[ Although modest in elevation, ]relief
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is significant since the western aspect of the mountain rises 4,000 feet above this glacier in approximately half a mile. In Europe, "mitre
The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...
" is the term used for a sharp, symmetrical rocky peak such as this one. The Mitre's descriptive name was submitted for consideration by the Mountaineering Club of Alaska as suggested by Dr. Rodman Wilson (1921–2003) of Anchorage after he returned from a European vacation.U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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. In the Denaʼina language, this mountain is known as Idlu Bena Dghelaya, meaning ''Mountain of Plural Objects Lake''.[James Kari and James A. Fall, ''Shem Pete's Alaska'', 2nd Ed. 2003. Page 324.]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, The Mitre is located in a subarctic climate
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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.runoff
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from the peak drains to Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet ( tfn, Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: ''Cungaaciq'') stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its sou ...
via the Eklutna River.
See also
* List of mountain peaks of Alaska
*Geology of Alaska
The geology of Alaska includes Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks formed in offshore terranes and added to the western margin of North America from the Paleozoic through modern times. The region was submerged for much of the Paleozoic and M ...
Gallery
File:The Mitre north.jpg
File:Eklutna Glacier, valley glacier, August 25, 1964 (GLACIERS 5004).jpg, The Mitre in lower left
File:Eklutna Lake The Mitre.jpg, The Mitre and Benign Peak (right) from north
References
External links
* The Mitre
Weather forecast
* Climbing The Mitre
YouTube
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