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Dana Peak

Dana Peak

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Petersburg (CA)
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Elevation:
  • 3989 ft (1215.85 m)
About

2 mi. W of 1961 terminus of Baird Glacier and 98 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.


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History of Dana Peak

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for James Dwight Dana, 1813-95, American geologist mineralogist, and zoologist who was a professor at Yale University, 1850-95.