Information About

Mount Cardozo

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Chugach Mountains

Elevation:

10856 ft (3308.91 m)

About

Located at the head of Yale Glacier, 35 miles northwest of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.

History of Mount Cardozo

Named for Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870-1938), Supreme Court Justice. Name published as "Mt. Cardoza" by Lawrence Nielsen in "Climbs in the Central Chugach Mountains, Alaska" (Appalachia magazine, Dec. 1957). Mount Cardozo published by Nielsen, 1963, p135.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage B-1 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage B-1 SW (2013),

Places Near Mount Cardozo

Glaciers:

Meares Glacier, Second Branch Columbia Glacier (not official),

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Glenn, Mount Grosvenor, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Mount Siegfried, Sweden Peak, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Peaks:

Camels Hump,