Mount Tatum

Mount Tatum
Mount Tatum
Alaska
Highest point
Elevation 11,053 ft (3,369 m) [1]
Prominence  [2]
Coordinates 63°10′49″N 150°48′28″W / 63.18028°N 150.80778°W / 63.18028; -150.80778Coordinates: 63°10′49″N 150°48′28″W / 63.18028°N 150.80778°W / 63.18028; -150.80778 [3]
Geography
Location Denali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent range Alaska Range
Topo map USGS Mount McKinley A-2
Climbing
Easiest route Southeast ridge

Mount Tatum is a 11,053-foot (3,369 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Tatum lies to the northeast of Denali on Carpe Ridge with Muldrow Glacier to the west and Traleika Glacier to the east. Mount Tatum was named about 1945 by Bradford Washburn for Robert G. Tatum, a participant in the first ascent of Mount McKinley, reaching the South Peak on June 1, 1913.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Tatum". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Tatum". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Tatum". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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