Devils Thumb

Devils Thumb
Devils Thumb
Highest point
Elevation	9,077 ft (2,767 m)
Coordinates	57°05′28″N 132°22′00″W / 57.09111°N 132.36667°W
Geography
	Devils Thumb Southeastern Alaska, U.S. and northwestern British Columbia, Canada Devils Thumb Devils Thumb (British Columbia)
Parent range	Stikine Icecap, Boundary Ranges
Topo map	USGS Sumdum A-2; NTS 104F1 Dominion Mountain
Climbing
First ascent	1946 by Fred Beckey, Clifford Schmidtke, Bob Craig
Easiest route	rock/snow/ice climb

Devils Thumb,^[1]^[2] or Taalkhunaxhkʼu Shaa in Tlingit, is a mountain in the Stikine Icecap region of the Alaska–British Columbia border, near Petersburg. It is named for its projected thumb-like appearance. Its name in the Tlingit language means "the mountain that never flooded" and is said to have been a refuge for people during Aangalakhu ("the Great Flood"). It is one of the peaks that marks the border between the United States and Canada, and is also listed on maps as Boundary Peak 71.

Devils Thumb is a very challenging climb even for advanced mountain climbers.

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