Information About

Mount Defiant

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Chugach Mountains

Elevation:

7746 ft (2360.98 m)

About

In the Chugach Mountains, S. of Second Branch Columbia Glacier, 2.5 mi ENE of Columbia Peak and 32 mi WNW of Valdez.

History of Mount Defiant

Named about 1957 by members of the ChugachMountains Expedition, sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America because this rugged ice-covered peak has defied all attempts to find a route up it (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135).

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 SE (2016),

Places Near Mount Defiant

Glaciers:

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

Lakes:

Kadin Lake,

Mountains:

Aspero Peak, Blackcliff Mountain, Mount Cardozo, Columbia Peak, Mount Defiant, Mount Edison, Mount Einstein, Mount Elusive, Mount Fafnir, Flat Top Peak, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Great Nunatak, Mount Haley, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Sharkstooth Mountain, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Mount Defiant Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Defiant.