{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Burkett | image = Mount Burkett.jpg | image_caption = Southwest aspect of Mount Burkett and Burkett Needle in the distance. | elevation_ft = 9730. | elevation_ref =<ref name="Orth">Donald J. Orth, ''Dictionary of Alaska Place Names'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 168.</ref><ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/186121|title=Burkett, Mount - 9,730' AK|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 3661 | prominence_ref=<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | isolation_mi = 13.09 | isolation_ref =<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | parent_peak = Kates Needle<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Lt. Eugene Field Burkett | range = Coast Mountains<br />Boundary Ranges<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=18990|name=Mount Burkett, Alaska|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> | country = United States | state = Alaska | region = Petersburg | region_type = Borough | part_type = Protected area | part = Tongass National Forest | map = USA Alaska | map_caption = Location in Alaska | label_position = left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Burkett | coordinates = {{coord|57.1730887|N|132.3015003|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1420712|name=Mount Burkett|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Sumdum A-1'' | rock = Granodiorite<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=30QRAAAAIAAJ&dq=burkett+granodiorite&pg=PA84 Philip S. Smith, ''US Geological Survey Professional Paper'', Issue 192], 1939, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 84.</ref> | age = Eocene<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7WiDkG6K3BkC&dq=mount+burkett&pg=RA3-PA81 David A. Brew, ''Notes on the Bedrock Geology and Geography of the Stikine Icefield, Coast Mountains Complex, Southeastern Alaska''], 2002, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 81.</ref> | first_ascent = 1965 | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Burkett''' is a {{convert|9730.|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Alaska, United States.
==Description== Mount Burkett is located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains and set on land managed by Tongass National Forest.<ref name=peakbagger/> The remote peak is {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} west of the Canada–United States border, {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of Devils Thumb, and {{convert|110|mi|km}} southeast of Juneau.<ref name="gnis"/> Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain drains west to Thomas Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 5,300 feet (1,615 m) along the south slope in {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}. The first ascent of the summit was made July 25, 1965, by Norman Harthill, Kenneth Bryan, George Liddle, and Edward Thompson via the southeast ridge.<ref>[https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196612500/North-America-United-States-Alaska-Burkett-Kates-Needle-and-Other-Ascents-Stikine-Icefield Derek Fabian, ''North America, United States, Alaska, Burkett, Kates Needle and Other Ascents, Stikine Icefield''], (1966), American Alpine Journal, publications.americanalpineclub.org</ref>
==Etymology== The mountain was named by Julian D. Sears of the United States Geological Survey to remember Lieutenant Eugene F. Burkett (March 3, 1896 – January 7, 1930), U.S. Navy.<ref name="Orth"/> Burkett was a member of the Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition of the Navy Department in 1926 and second in command of the Alaska Aerial Survey Detachment in 1929. He was killed in an airplane crash on January 7, 1930, in the performance of official duty. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1930 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.<ref name="gnis"/>
==Burkett Needle== Burkett Needle is a 1,000-ft spire on the mountain set one-half mile west of the main summit. The easiest climbing route is rated {{YDS|5.9}}.<ref name="listsofjohn2">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/186124|title=Burkett Needle - 8,750' AK|website=listsofjohn.com|access-date=2024-01-05}}</ref> The first ascent of the needle was made in August 1964 by Layton Kor and Dan Davis via the north buttress.<ref>Colby Coombs, ''Alaska: A Climbing Guide'', 2002, The Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594851438}}, p. 189.</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Burkett is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Coast Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F. This climate supports the Baird Glacier and the Stikine Icecap surrounding the peak.
==See also== *Southeast Alaska *Geography of Alaska
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Mount Burkett: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5845015/United%20States/Alaska/Petersburg%20Census%20Area/Mount%20Burkett weather forecast] * Mt. Burkett (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikereidphotography/52295685657/in/dateposted/ Flickr] * Mt. Burkett (photo): [https://pbase.com/nolock/image/111975308 PBase] * Eugene F. Burkett: [https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/EUGENE_F._BURKETT,_LT,_USN usnamemorialhall.org]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Burkett | North = Baird Glacier | Northeast = Mount T | East = Baird Glacier | Southeast = Canada | South = Stikine Icecap | Southwest = Devils Thumb | West = Burkett Needle | Northwest = Baird Glacier }} {{Boundary Ranges}} {{Coast Mountains}} {{Portal bar|Mountains|Geography|Alaska}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burkett, Mount}} Category:Mountains of Petersburg Borough, Alaska Category:Two-thousanders of the United States Category:Boundary Ranges Category:Tongass National Forest