Mount Blackburn
| Mount Blackburn | |
|---|---|
Mount Blackburn from the southeast, looking up the Kennicott Glacier | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 16,390 ft (5,000 m) |
| Prominence | 11,590 ft (3,530 m) |
| Parent peak | Mount Bona (16,550 ft) |
| Isolation | 60.7 mi (97.7 km) |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 61°43′54″N 143°26′21″W / 61.73167°N 143.43917°W |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn |
| Native name | K’ats’i Tl’aadi (Ahtena) |
| Geography | |
| Interactive map of Mount Blackburn | |
| Location | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S. |
| Parent range | Wrangell Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS McCarthy C-7 |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | 3.4 to 5 million years |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Last eruption | 3.4 million years ago |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1958 (true summit) Gilbert, Wahlstrom, Gmoser, Bitterlich, and Blumer |
| Easiest route | North Ridge: snow/glacier climb |
Mount Blackburn (Ahtna: K’ats’i Tl’aadi) is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It is the fifth-highest peak in the United States and the twelfth-highest peak in North America. The mountain is an old, eroded shield volcano, the second-highest volcano in the U.S. behind Mount Bona and the fifth-highest in North America. It was named in 1885 by Lt. Henry T. Allen of the U.S. Army after Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, a U.S. senator from Kentucky. It is located in the heart of Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, the largest national park in the country.