Information About

Mount Michelson

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

Parent:

Chugach Mountains

Elevation:

8448 ft (2574.95 m)

About

at head of Meares Glacier, 34 mi. NW of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History of Mount Michelson

Named about 1957 by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135). Named for Albert Abraham Michelson, 1852-1931, American physicist.

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 Michelson

Glaciers:

First Branch Columbia Glacier (not official), Harvard Glacier, Meares Glacier, Pedro Glacier, 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, Mount Gilbert Lewis, Mount Glenn, Great Nunatak, Mount Grosvenor, Mount Langmuir, Mount Michelson, Mount Thor, Mount Valhalla, Mount Witherspoon,

Mount Michelson Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Mount Michelson.