⛰️ Mount Blackburn

United States · Americas · 16,390 m · 61.73°N, 143.44°W

Mount Blackburn is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It is the fifth-highest peak 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. It is located in the heart of Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, the largest national park in the country.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Elevation	16,390 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	61.73°N, 143.44°W · view on map

Mount Blackburn rises to 16,390 m in United States, in Americas. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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