Mount Stevens (Alaska)

Mount Stevens
Mount Stevens Location in Alaska
Elevation	13,895 feet (4,235 m) [1]
Prominence	1,000 ft (300 m) [2]
Location
Location	Denali National Park, Alaska, USA
Range	Alaska Range
Coordinates	62°55′14″N 151°03′59″W / 62.9205°N 151.0665°W / 62.9205; -151.0665Coordinates: 62°55′14″N 151°03′59″W / 62.9205°N 151.0665°W / 62.9205; -151.0665
Topo map	USGS Talkeetna D-3

Mount Stevens is a mountain located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Mount Stevens is flanked to the northwest by Mount Hunter, and is about 10 miles (16 km) south of Mount McKinley.

The mountain was named in 2010, after Ted Stevens (1923–2010), who had represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate from 1968 to 2009.^[1] It had been the highest unnamed peak in Alaska, though unofficially called South Hunter Peak.^[3]

Mount Stevens stands within the watershed of the Susitna River, which drains into Cook Inlet. The east sides of Mt. Stevens drain into the Tokositna Glacier, thence into the Tokositna River, Chulitna River, and the Susitna. The west sides of Stevens drain into Kahiltna Glacier, thence into Kahiltna River and the Susitna.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Hello, Mount Stevens!". Alaska Dispatch. October 19, 2010. http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/alaska-beat/88-alaska-beat/7202-hello-mount-stevens. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
2. ^ Key col elevation between 12,800 and 12,900 ft.
3. ^ "Alaska News Nightly: October 18, 2010". Alaska Public Radio Network. October 18, 2010. http://aprn.org/2010/10/18/alaska-news-nightly-october-18-2010/. Retrieved 2010-10-19.