Mount Fairweather

Mount Fairweather
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Mount Fairweather from Glacier Bay, September 2004
Highest point
Elevation	4671 m (15,325 ft) NAVD88
Prominence	3961 m (12,995 ft)
Isolation	200 km (124.4 mi)
Listing	World most prominent peaks 26th North America highest peaks 18th North America prominent peaks 6th North America isolated peaks 106th Canada highest major peaks 8th US highest major peaks 7th
Coordinates	58°54′23″N 137°31′36″W / 58.90639°N 137.52667°W / 58.90639; -137.52667Coordinates: 58°54′23″N 137°31′36″W / 58.90639°N 137.52667°W / 58.90639; -137.52667
Geography
Mount Fairweather Location on Alaska/B.C. border
Location	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska / Stikine Region, British Columbia
Parent range	Fairweather Range
Topo map	NTS 114I/13
Climbing
First ascent	June 8, 1931 by Allen Carpé and Terris Moore
Easiest route	glacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Fairweather (officially gazetted as Fairweather Mountain in Canada but referred to as Mount Fairweather), is one of the world's highest coastal mountains at 4,671 metres (15,325 feet.) It is located 20 km (12 mi) east of the Pacific Ocean on the border of Alaska, United States and western British Columbia, Canada. Most of the mountain lies within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the City and Borough of Yakutat, Alaska (USA), though the summit borders Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, British Columbia (Canada), making it the highest point in that province. It is also designated as Boundary Peak 164 or as US/Canada Boundary Point #164.

The mountain was named on May 3, 1778 by Captain James Cook, apparently for the unusually good weather encountered at the time. The name has been translated into many languages. It was called "Mt. Beautemps" by La Perouse (1786, atlas), "Mte. Buen-tiempo" by Galiano (1802, map 3), "Gor[a]-Khoroshy-pogody" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378 in 1847, and "G[ora] Fayerveder" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy. It was called "Schönwetterberg" by Constantin Grewingk in 1850 and "Schönwetter Berg" by Justus Perthes in 1882.

Fairweather was first climbed in 1931 by Allen Carpé and Terris Moore.

Mount Fairweather is located right above Glacier Bay in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains. Mount Fairweather also marks the northwest extremity of the Alaska Panhandle.