Mount Jetté

Mount Jetté
Mount Jetté
	Boundary Peak 177
	Mount Jetté Stikine Region, British Columbia; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Highest point
Elevation	8,425 ft (2,568 m)
Prominence	1,693 ft (516 m)
Coordinates	59°59′41″N 139°03′10″W / 59.99472°N 139.05278°WCoordinates: 59°59′41″N 139°03′10″W / 59.99472°N 139.05278°W
Geography
Location	Stikine Region, British Columbia; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Mount Jetté, also named Boundary Peak 177, 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 is named in 1908 for Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, (1836-1920), a member of the 1903 Canadian Boundary Tribunal, leading to the resolution of the Alaska Boundary Dispute, and Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec from 1898 to 1908.^[2]

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Mount Jetté
Boundary Peak 177
Mount Jetté Stikine Region, British Columbia Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Highest point
Elevation	8,425 ft (2,568 m)
Prominence	1,693 ft (516 m)
Coordinates	59°59′41″N 139°03′10″W / 59.99472°N 139.05278°W / 59.99472; -139.05278Coordinates: 59°59′41″N 139°03′10″W / 59.99472°N 139.05278°W / 59.99472; -139.05278
Geography
Location	Stikine Region, British Columbia Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska