# Mount Alverstone

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Mountain on the border of Canada and Alaska

Mount Alverstone Highest point Elevation 4420 m (14,500 ft)[1] NAVD88 Prominence 594 m (1950 ft)[1] Parent peak Mount Hubbard Isolation 3.62 km (2.25 mi)[1] Listing Mountains of Yukon North America highest peaks 25th Canada highest major peaks 12th US highest major peaks 12th Coordinates 60°21′06″N 139°04′31″W / 60.35167°N 139.07528°W / 60.35167; -139.07528[2] Geography Mount Alverstone Location in Alaska Show map of Alaska Mount Alverstone Location in Yukon Show map of Yukon Location Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, U.S. / Yukon, Canada Parent range Saint Elias Mountains Topo map(s) USGS Mount Saint Elias B-3 NTS 115B6 Mount Alverstone Climbing First ascent 1951 by Walter Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Bates, Nicholas Clifford Easiest route glacier/snow/ice climb

**Mount Alverstone** or **Boundary Peak 180**, is a high peak in the [Saint Elias Mountains](/source/Saint_Elias_Mountains), on the border between [Alaska](/source/Alaska) and [Yukon](/source/Yukon). It shares a large massif with the higher [Mount Hubbard](/source/Mount_Hubbard) to the south and the slightly lower [Mount Kennedy](/source/Mount_Kennedy) to the east. The summit of Mount Alverstone marks a sharp turn in the Alaska/Canada border; the border goes south from this point toward the Alaska panhandle and west toward [Mount Saint Elias](/source/Mount_Saint_Elias).

The mountain was named in 1908 for [Lord Richard Everard Webster Alverstone](/source/Richard_Webster%2C_1st_Viscount_Alverstone), Lord Chief Justice of England, 1900–13, and [U.S. Boundary Commissioner](/source/U.S._Boundary_Commissioner) in 1903. He served on various arbitration commissions including the one dealing with the [Bering Sea Fur seal controversy](/source/Bering_Sea_Arbitration). In the [Alaska boundary dispute](/source/Alaska_boundary_dispute) in 1903, his vote was the deciding one against Canadian claims.[2]

## Climbing

Mount Alverstone was first climbed in 1951 by a party led by Walter Wood, during an expedition that also made the first ascent of Mount Hubbard. The successful climbs were tinged by tragedy when, upon returning from the peaks, Wood learned that his wife Foresta and daughter Valerie had died in a plane crash nearby along with their pilot. [Mount Foresta](/source/Mount_Foresta), near Mount Alverstone, is named in her honor.

## See also

- [North America portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:North_America)
- [Alaska portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Alaska)
- [Canada portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Canada)
- [Mountains portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mountains)

- [List of mountain peaks of North America](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_North_America) - [List of mountain peaks of Canada](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Canada) - [List of mountain peaks of the United States](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_the_United_States)

- [List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border](/source/List_of_Boundary_Peaks_of_the_Alaska-British_Columbia%2FYukon_border)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PB_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-PB_1-2) ["Mount Alverstone, Alaska-Yukon"](http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=543). Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis_2-1) ["Mount Alverstone"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1398161). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2014-04-06.

**Sources**

- Wood, Michael; Coombs, Colby (2001). [*Alaska: A climbing guide*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170202054838/http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/Alaska-A-Climbing-Guide-P240.aspx). The Mountaineers. Archived from [the original](http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/Alaska-A-Climbing-Guide-P240.aspx) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2014-04-06.

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