Mount Blackburn

Mount Blackburn
Mount Blackburn from the southeast, looking up the Kennicott Glacier
Highest point
Elevation	16,390 ft (5,000 m)[1]
Prominence	11,640 ft (3,550 m)[1]
Isolation	60.7 mi (97.7 km)[1]
Listing	World most prominent peaks 50th North America highest peaks 12th North America prominent peaks 9th US highest major peaks 5th Alaska highest major peaks 5th
Coordinates	61°43′54″N 143°25′59″W / 61.73167°N 143.43306°W / 61.73167; -143.43306
Naming
Etymology	Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
Geography
Mount Blackburn Location in Alaska
Location	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Wrangell Mountains
Topo map	USGS McCarthy C-7
Geology
Rock age	3.4 to 5 million years
Mountain type	Shield volcano
Last eruption	3.4 million years ago
Climbing
First ascent	1958 (true summit) Gilbert, Wahlstrom, Gmoser, Bitterlich, and Blumer
Easiest route	North Ridge: snow/glacier climb

Mount Blackburn (Ahtna: K’ats’i Tl’aadi) is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It is the fifth-highest peak^[a] in the United States and the twelfth-highest peak in North America. The mountain is an old, eroded shield volcano, the second-highest volcano in the U.S. behind Mount Bona and the fifth-highest in North America. It was named in 1885 by Lt. Henry T. Allen of the U.S. Army after Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, a U.S. senator from Kentucky.^[2] It is located in the heart of Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, the largest national park in the country.

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