Mount Edison
| Mount Edison | |
|---|---|
Aerial view from northwest | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 11,450 ft (3,490 m) |
| Prominence | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Parent peak | Mount Witherspoon (12,012 ft) |
| Isolation | 0.79 mi (1.27 km) |
| Coordinates | 61°24′23″N 147°11′27″W / 61.40639°N 147.19083°W |
| Geography | |
| Interactive map of Mount Edison | |
| Location | Chugach National Forest Valdez-Cordova Borough Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Chugach Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Anchorage B-1 |
Mount Edison is an 11,450-foot (3,490 m) elevation glaciated summit located 36 mi (58 km) northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. Set on land managed by Chugach National Forest, this remote peak is situated 4.7 mi (8 km) northwest of Mount Einstein, near the head Columbia Glacier. It is part of the Dora Keen Range, which is a 25-miles-long divide separating Harvard Glacier from Yale Glacier. The mountain was named by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition in 1955, and later officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Thomas Edison (1847–1931), who has been described as America's greatest inventor.