| Snowpatch Crag | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 6,345 ft (1,934 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,045 ft (319 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | The Snow Towers[2] |
| Isolation | 1.07 mi (1.72 km)[3] |
| Coordinates | 58°39′06″N 134°29′33″W / 58.65167°N 134.49250°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Snowpatch Crag Location of Snowpatch Crag in Alaska | |
| Location | Tongass National Forest Juneau Borough Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Coast Mountains Boundary Ranges Juneau Icefield[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Juneau C-2 |
Snowpatch Crag is a 6,345 ft (1,930 m) elevation glaciated mountain summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.[4] Snowpatch Crag is a nunatak surrounded by the Taku Glacier, and is situated near the west side of the Juneau Icefield, 25 mi (40 km) north of Juneau, and 1.8 mi (3 km) northeast of The Snow Towers, on land managed by Tongass National Forest. The mountain was named by members of the Juneau Icefield Research Project in 1964, and was officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[4][5] Variant names for this geographic feature are "Snowpatch Peak" and "Snowpatch Craig."[4]
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- ^ a b c "Snowpatch Crag". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ^ Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 894.