Cope Mountain is a 2,496-foot-elevation (761-meter) summit in Alaska.
| Cope Mountain | |
|---|---|
 East aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,496 ft (761 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 430 ft (131 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Erskine Mountain (2,657 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 1.29 mi (2.08 km)[1] |
| Coordinates | 57°43′53″N 152°36′59″W / 57.7314647°N 152.6164562°W[2] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Harry P. Cope |
| Geography | |
  Cope Mountain Location in Alaska | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kodiak Island Borough[2] |
| Parent range | Kodiak Archipelago[3] |
| Topo map | USGS Kodiak C-2 |
Description
editCope Mountain is located nine miles (14 km) southwest of Kodiak on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island.[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,400 feet (732 meters) above Sargent Creek in approximately one mile (1.6 km) and the east face rises 1,700 feet (518 meters) in 0.4 miles (0.64 km). The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to honor Harry P. Cope, an Englishman who arrived in Kodiak from San Francisco in 1868.[4] He was the first postmaster at Kodiak and was known locally as "Uncle Harry."[2] The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen climate classification system, Cope Mountain is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[5] Weather systems coming off the North Pacific are forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Cope Mountain - 2,496' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ a b c d e "Cope Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ "Cope Mountain, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 236.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
edit- Cope Mountain: weather forecast
