Regal Mountain

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Regal Mountain
Regal Mountain rises above the Regal Glacier
Elevation	13845 ft (4220 m)
Location	Alaska, USA
Range	Wrangell Mountains
Prominence	4345 ft (1324 m)[1]
Coordinates	61°44′39″N, 142°51′55″W
Topo map	USGS McCarthy C-5
Type	Eroded stratovolcano or shield volcano
First ascent	August 3, 1964 by Yasuichi Kitamura, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Masao Tanaka, and Shinichi Naito[2]
Easiest route	Glacier climb

Regal Mountain is an eroded stratovolcano or shield volcano in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska. It is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park about 19 mi (31 km) east of Mount Blackburn, the second highest volcano in the United States, and southeast of the massive Nabesna Glacier. Regal Mountain is the third highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska, ranking just behind its neighbor, Atna Peaks.^[1] Because the mountain is almost entirely covered in glaciers, no geological studies have been done, but published references state and the geological map shows that the mountain is an old eroded volcanic edifice.

Several major glaciers flow from the steep and heavily eroded flanks of Regal Mountain. The Rohn Glacier and Regal Glacier head east and southeast to join the Nizina Glacier, while the Root Glacier flows south 15 mi (24 km) to join the Kennicott Glacier just above the town of McCarthy. Each of those large glaciers exceeds 1 mi (1.6 km) in width, but largest of all on Regal Mountain is a massive unnamed glacier, over 3 mi (5 km) across, which flows northwest just over 10 mi (16 km) to join the mighty Nabesna.

[edit] References

• Richter, Donald H.; Danny S. Rosenkrans and Margaret J. Steigerwald (1995). Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska. USGS Bulletin 2072. 

• Winkler, Gary R. (2000). A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes. USGS Professional Paper 1616. ISBN 0-607-92676-7. 

• Richter, Donald H.; Cindi C. Preller, Keith A. Labay, and Nora B. Shew (2006). Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2877. 

1. ^ ^{a b} Alaska 13,000-foot Peaks. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
2. ^ Alaska’s Summits 13,000 feet and above. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.

[edit] External links

• Maps and aerial photos
  • WikiSatellite view at WikiMapia
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
  • Surrounding area map from Google Maps
  • Location in the United States from the Census Bureau