Mount Koven is a 12,142-foot (3,701 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Eldridge lies to the northeast of Denali on Karstens Ridge, with Mount Carpe to the northeast on the Carpe Ridge extension of Denali's northeast buttress. Mount Koven overlooks the Great Icefall of Muldrow Glacier, with the west fork of Traleika Glacier to the east. It was named for Theodore G. Koven, who, while trying to rescue Allen Carpé (for whom Mount Carpe is named) from a crevasse in Muldrow Glacier, fell into the same crevasse and was killed while on the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition in May 1932.[2][3]

Mount Koven
Mount Koven is located in Alaska
Mount Koven
Mount Koven
Alaska
Highest point
Elevation12,142 ft (3,701 m)[1]
Prominence1,260 ft (380 m)
Coordinates63°08′01″N 150°53′44″W / 63.13361°N 150.89556°W / 63.13361; -150.89556[2]
Geography
LocationDenali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount McKinley A-2

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  1. ^ "Mount Koven". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Koven". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  3. ^ "24". Decisions of the United States Geographic Board. General Printing Office. March 1, 1933. p. 2.