Information About

Mount Rasmuson

Mount Rasmuson

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 3691 ft (1125.02 m)
About

On Puget Peninsula, 4.3 km (2.7 mi) SE of Mount Hendrickson and 32 km (20 mi) NE of Yakutat; in Tongass NF, St. Elias Mts.

History of Mount Rasmuson

Named in 1905 by Ralph S. Tarr and Lawrence Martin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for Edward A. Rasmuson (1882-1949), teacher at the government school at Yakutat and missionary of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America.