Mount Stevens (Alaska)

Mount Stevens is a mountain located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Mount Stevens is flanked to the northwest by Mount Hunter, and is about 10 miles (16 km) south of Mount McKinley (Denali).

Mount Stevens
Mount Stevens
Location in Alaska
Highest point
Elevation13,966 ft (4,257 m)  NGVD 29[1]
Prominence1,066 ft (325 m) [1]
Coordinates62°55′14″N 151°03′59″W [2]
Geography
LocationDenali National Park, Alaska, U.S.
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Talkeetna D-3

The mountain was named in 2010, after Ted Stevens (1923–2010), who had represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1968 to 2009.[3] It had been the highest unnamed peak in Alaska, though unofficially called South Hunter Peak.[2][4]

Mount Stevens stands within the watershed of the Susitna River, which drains into Cook Inlet. The east sides of Mount Stevens drain into the Tokositna Glacier, thence into the Tokositna River, Chulitna River, and the Susitna. The west sides of Stevens drain into Kahiltna Glacier, thence into Kahiltna River and the Susitna.

Notes
  1. "Mount Hunter-South Peak, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  2. "Mount Stevens". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
  3. "Hello, Mount Stevens!". Alaska Dispatch. October 19, 2010. Archived from the original on October 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  4. "Alaska mountain named to honor the late Ted Stevens". Juneau Empire. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved 2013-01-23.


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