History of Mount Merriam

Named by members of the 1941 Glacier Bay Expedition for Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam, 1855-1942, Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Biological Survey. He was with the Harriman Expedition in 1899 and was editor of the Harriman Alaska Series of the Smithsonian Institution. Merriam was born in New York and practiced medicine 1879-85. He became chief of the U.S. Biological Survey in 1885, a position he held until 1910. In 1891 visited Alaska as a member of the U.S. Bering Seal Commission. He was a founder of the National Geographical Society and the Chairman of the U.S. Geographic Board, 1917-25. He was also the author of numerous publications.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Mount Merriam

Blue Mouse Cove, Charpentier Inlet, Glacier Bay, Hugh Miller Inlet, Queen Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Scidmore Bay, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Gilbert Peninsula,

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Maynard Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Composite Island, Geikie Rock, Lone Island, Triangle Island,

Vivid Lake,

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Mount Favorite, Gable Mountain, Gullied Peak, Hugh Miller Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Mount Merriam, Pyramid Peak, Sentinel Peak, Mount Wordie,

Glacier Pass,

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge,