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Putnam Peak

Putnam Peak

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Petersburg (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 3248 ft (989.99 m)
About

in Missionary Range, 14 mi. NW of Petersburg, on Lindenberg Peninsula, Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.

History of Putnam Peak

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Master Charles Flint Putnam, U.S. Navy (USN), "a member of Lieutenant R. M. Berry's party in the Bering Strait in 1880, who was driven to sea on an ice floe and perished."