Mount Duff (Yakutat)

Mount Duff
Boundary Peak 174
Highest point
Elevation 7,211 ft (2,198 m)
Prominence 945 ft (288 m)
Coordinates 59°50′41″N 138°40′46″W / 59.84472°N 138.67944°W / 59.84472; -138.67944Coordinates: 59°50′41″N 138°40′46″W / 59.84472°N 138.67944°W / 59.84472; -138.67944 
Geography
Location Stikine Region, British Columbia
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Mount Duff, also named Boundary Peak 174, is a mountain in Alaska and British Columbia, located on the Canada–United States border, and part of the Southern Icefield Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains.[1] It was named in 1923 for Sir Lyman Poore Duff, (1865-1948), a junior counsel before International Boundary Commission in 1903, and Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mount Duff, Alaska/British Columbia
  2. ↑ "Mount Duff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-05-16.


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