Mount Capps

Mount Capps
Mount Capps
Alaska
Highest point
Elevation 10,551 ft (3,216 m) [1]
Prominence 340 ft (100 m) [2]
Coordinates 63°04′47″N 151°11′07″W / 63.07972°N 151.18528°W / 63.07972; -151.18528Coordinates: 63°04′47″N 151°11′07″W / 63.07972°N 151.18528°W / 63.07972; -151.18528 [3]
Geography
Location Denali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range Alaska Range
Topo map USGS Mount McKinley A-3
Climbing
Easiest route From Kahiltna Pass

Mount Capps is a 10,551-foot (3,216 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, southwest of Denali on a ridge between Denali and Mount Crosson, close to Kahiltna Dome and at the heads of Peters Glacier and Kahiltna Glacier. Mount Capps was named in 1952 by after U.S. Geological Survey geologist Stephen Reid Capps.[3][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Capps". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Capps". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Capps". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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