The mountain's main summit is 13,860 feet (4,225 m), making it the second-highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska. The second summit is located about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east, reaching over 13,600 feet (4,100 m), and another named summit, 13,280 ft (4,048 m) Parka Peak, is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) further east across a glacier-covered saddle. The steep rocky south faces of these three peaks form part of the cirque of the Kennicott Glacier, which flows southeast over 20 mi (32 km) to just above the town of McCarthy.
Atna Peaks was named in 1965 by the first ascent party from the Mountaineering Club of Alaska, because the "peaks are at the edge of the Copper River drainage and the old Indian name for that river was Atna."[2]
Richter, Donald H.; Danny S. Rosenkrans; Margaret J. Steigerwald (1995). Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska. USGS Bulletin 2072.
Winkler, Gary R. (2000). A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes. USGS Professional Paper 1616. ISBN0-607-92676-7.
Richter, Donald H.; Cindi C. Preller; Keith A. Labay; Nora B. Shew (2006). Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2877.
atna, peaks, eroded, stratovolcano, shield, volcano, wrangell, mountains, eastern, alaska, located, wrangell, saint, elias, national, park, about, miles, east, mount, blackburn, second, highest, volcano, united, states, just, south, massive, nabesna, glacier, . Atna Peaks is an eroded stratovolcano or shield volcano in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska It is located in Wrangell Saint Elias National Park about 6 miles 9 7 km east of Mount Blackburn the second highest volcano in the United States and just south of the massive Nabesna Glacier Because the mountain is almost entirely covered in glaciers no geological studies have been done but published references state and the geological map shows that the mountain is an old eroded volcanic edifice Atna PeaksThe Nabesna Glacier with Mount Blackburn at right Atna Peaks is the twin summit left of center and Parka Peak is the icy summit at leftHighest pointElevation13 860 ft 4 220 m Prominence2 160 ft 660 m Isolation3 7 mi 6 0 km ListingNorth America highest peaks 68thUS highest major peaks 51stAlaska highest major peaks 15thCoordinates61 44 58 N 143 14 23 W 61 74944 N 143 23972 W 61 74944 143 23972GeographyLocationValdez Cordova Census Area Alaska U S Parent rangeWrangell MountainsTopo mapUSGS McCarthy C 6GeologyMountain typeEroded stratovolcano or shield volcanoLast eruptionUnknownClimbingFirst ascentAlex Bittenbinder Don Stockard and Vin Hoeman 1965 1 Easiest routeglacier climbThe mountain s main summit is 13 860 feet 4 225 m making it the second highest thirteener a peak between 13 000 and 13 999 feet in elevation in Alaska The second summit is located about 0 6 miles 0 97 km to the east reaching over 13 600 feet 4 100 m and another named summit 13 280 ft 4 048 m Parka Peak is about 1 6 miles 2 6 km further east across a glacier covered saddle The steep rocky south faces of these three peaks form part of the cirque of the Kennicott Glacier which flows southeast over 20 mi 32 km to just above the town of McCarthy Atna Peaks was named in 1965 by the first ascent party from the Mountaineering Club of Alaska because the peaks are at the edge of the Copper River drainage and the old Indian name for that river was Atna 2 Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 External links Looking north at Parka Peak centered with Atna Peaks to left reflected in a lake near Donoho PeakSee also edit nbsp North America portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Alaska portal nbsp Mountains portal nbsp Volcanoes portalList of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of Alaska List of volcanoes in the United StatesReferences editRichter Donald H Danny S Rosenkrans Margaret J Steigerwald 1995 Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains Alaska USGS Bulletin 2072 Winkler Gary R 2000 A Geologic Guide to Wrangell Saint Elias National Park and Preserve Alaska A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes USGS Professional Paper 1616 ISBN 0 607 92676 7 Richter Donald H Cindi C Preller Keith A Labay Nora B Shew 2006 Geologic Map of the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park and Preserve Alaska USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2877 Club Activities Mountaineering Club of Alaska PDF American Alpine Journal American Alpine Club 15 40 225 1966 Archived from the original PDF on September 27 2007 USGS Geographic Names Information System Atna Peaks Retrieved 2007 03 07 External links editAtna Peaks at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Definitions from Wiktionary nbsp Media from Commons nbsp News from Wikinews nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Texts from Wikisource nbsp Textbooks from Wikibooks nbsp Resources from Wikiversity Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Atna Peaks amp oldid 1030775955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
