{{Short description|Mountain in Alaska, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Jarvis | etymology = [[David H. Jarvis]] | image = MountJarvis.jpg | image_caption = Mount Jarvis from the northeast | elevation_ft = 13421 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=432 |name=Mount Jarvis, Alaska |access-date=2009-01-22}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 4721 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | listing = {{unbulleted list |[[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 97th |[[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 80th |[[List of the highest major summits of Alaska|Alaska highest major peaks]] 20th }} | location = [[Wrangell – St. Elias National Park and Preserve]], [[Alaska]], U.S. | range = [[Wrangell Mountains]] | map = USA Alaska | range_coordinates = | label_position = left | map_size = 200 | coordinates = {{coord|62.0233333|N|143.6163889|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=1404083 |name=Mount Jarvis |access-date=2012-12-05}}</ref> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Nabesna A-6 | type = Eroded [[shield volcano]], [[stratovolcano]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=315805|title=Global Volcanism Program &#124; Jarvis|website=Smithsonian Institution &#124; Global Volcanism Program|access-date=2024-09-12}}</ref> | age = 1.7 – 1.0 million years | last_eruption = [[Dacite]] flow, 1.0 million years ago | first_ascent = | easiest_route = [[Glacier]] climb }}

'''Mount Jarvis''' is an eroded [[shield volcano]] and [[stratovolcano]] in the [[Wrangell Mountains]] of eastern [[Alaska]]. It is located in [[Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park]] about {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} east of the summit of [[Mount Wrangell]]. The mountain sits at the northeastern edge of the massive ice-covered shield of Wrangell, rising nearly {{convert|5000|ft|m|-2}} above it in a spectacular series of cliffs and [[icefall]]s.

When seen from above, Mount Jarvis is distinctly [[dumbbell]]-shaped, with two prominent peaks connected by a narrower ridge. The mountain's main summit is {{convert|13421|ft|m|0}}, making it one of numerous [[thirteener]]s (peaks between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska. The second summit is located about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} to the north-northwest, reaching {{convert|13025|ft|m|0}} with over {{convert|725|ft|m|0}} of prominence above the connecting saddle,<ref> {{cite peakbagger | pid = 21310 | name = Mount Jarvis-North Peak, Alaska | access-date = 2009-01-22 }}</ref> thus qualifying it as an independent peak on the list of thirteeners as well. The entire summit area including both peaks and the ridge is covered in [[glacier|glacial ice]]. The steep, rocky eastern and western faces of Mount Jarvis form [[headwall]]s above the [[Cirque (landform)|cirques]] of the [[Jacksina Glacier]] and [[Copper Glacier]], which flow northward out of the Wrangell Mountains.

Mount Jarvis was named in 1903 by F. C. Schrader, a [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] geologist, for Lt. [[David H. Jarvis]] of the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service|U. S. Revenue Cutter Service]],<ref name="gnis"/> who led the [[Overland Relief Expedition]] to aid a whaling fleet trapped in [[Arctic Ocean]] ice off [[Point Barrow]] in 1897–98. __TOC__{{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|North America|United States|Alaska|Mountains|Volcanoes}} *[[List of mountain peaks of North America]] **[[List of mountain peaks of the United States]] ***[[List of mountain peaks of Alaska]] *[[List of volcanoes in the United States]] {{clear}}

== References == {{reflist}}

{{refbegin}} * {{cite book | last1 = Richter | first1 = Donald H. | last2=Rosenkrans|first2= Danny S. |last3=Steigerwald|first3=Margaret J. | title = Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska | publisher = [[USGS]] Bulletin 2072 | year = 1995 | url = http://www.nps.gov/wrst/naturescience/guide-to-the-wrangell-volcanoes.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829160558/http://www.nps.gov/wrst/naturescience/guide-to-the-wrangell-volcanoes.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 29, 2007 }} * {{cite book | last = Winkler | first = Gary R. | title = A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes | publisher = [[USGS]] Professional Paper 1616 | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-607-92676-7 | url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1616/ }} * {{cite book | last1 = Richter | first1 = Donald H. | last2=Preller|first2= Cindi C.|last3=Labay|first3=Keith A.|last4=Shew|first4=Nora B. | title = Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska | publisher = [[USGS]] Scientific Investigations Map 2877 | year = 2006 | url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2877/ }} <!-- * {{cite book | last = Wood | first = Charles A. | coauthors= Jürgen Kienle, eds. | title = Volcanoes of North America | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | date = 1990 | isbn = 0-521-43811-X }} --> {{refend}}

==External links== {{sister project links}} * {{cite gvp|name=Jarvis|vn=315805|access-date=2021-06-28}}

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