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Mount Edison

Mount Edison

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Valdez-Cordova (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 11188 ft (3410.1 m)
About

Located in Dora Keen Range, near head of Columbia Glacier, 36 miles northwest of Valdez, Chugach Mountains.

History of Mount Edison

Named by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition in 1955 for Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, American inventor; reported by Nielsen (1963, p135).