Mount Hubley (Alaska)

Mount Hubley
Mount Hubley is located in Alaska
Mount Hubley
Mount Hubley
Location in Alaska
Mount Hubley is located in North America
Mount Hubley
Mount Hubley
Location in North America
Highest point
Elevation8,917 ft (2,718 m)[1]
Prominence1,617 ft (493 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Isto
Coordinates69°16′35″N 143°47′51″W / 69.27639°N 143.79750°W / 69.27639; -143.79750[2]
Geography
LocationNorth Slope Borough, Alaska, U.S.
Parent rangeBrooks Range
Topo mapUSGS Demarcation Point B-5

Mount Hubley is the second highest peak in the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA.[3] Located in the eastern Brooks Range, in what are known as the Romanzof Mountains, Mount Hubley is 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Mount Isto, the tallest peak in the Brooks Range and its parent peak. Mount Hubley is within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and was named in 1958 for Dr. Richard Carleton Hubley, a coordinator for the International Geophysical Year who died in 1957 while doing research on the adjacent McCall Glacier.[2][4] In 2014, new measurement technology established that Mount Hubley is the second highest peak in the Brooks Range after Mount Isto. Previously, Mount Chamberlin was believed to be the tallest, but it is now ranked third.[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ a b "Mount Hubley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Brooks Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. ^ Mount Hubley, Alaska (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Howard, Brian Clark (December 16, 2015). "There's a New Tallest Peak in the North American Arctic". National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Rozell, Ned (December 16, 2015). "Measuring the highest peaks in the Brooks Range". University of Alaska, Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Nolan, M.; DesLauriers, K. (23 June 2016). "Which are the highest peaks in the US Arctic? Fodar settles the debate". The Cryosphere. 10 (3): 1245–1257. doi:10.5194/tc-10-1245-2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.