Mount Becharof
| Mount Becharof | |
|---|---|
 Northeast aspect | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,146 ft (959 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,575 ft (785 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Deer Mountain (3,350 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 17.88 mi (28.78 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 57°32′38″N 156°04′44″W / 57.5438461°N 156.0790267°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Becharof Location in Alaska | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kodiak Island Borough[3] |
| Protected area | Becharof National Wildlife Refuge[4] |
| Parent range | Aleutian Range[4] |
| Topo map | USGS Ugashik C-1 |
Mount Becharof is a 3,146-foot-elevation (959-meter) mountain summit in Alaska.
Description
[edit]Part of the Aleutian Range, Mount Becharof is located 135 miles (217 km) west of Kodiak on the southeastern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. It is set on the west shore of Portage Bay and north shore of Kanatak Lagoon,[3] within the Becharof National Wildlife Refuge.[4] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Kanatak Creek, Portage Bay, and Kanatak Lagoon. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 3,000 feet (914 meters) above tidewater at Kanatak Lagoon in 1.2 miles (1.9 km). The mountain's name was published in the 1880s by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3][5] The mountain is named in association with nearby Becharof Lake which was named in 1868 by William Healey Dall after the Russian navigator Dmitry Bocharov of the Imperial Russian Navy who explored Kodiak in 1788.[6]
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Becharof is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.[7] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mount Becharof, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Becharof, Mount - 3,150' AK". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Becharof". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Mount Becharof, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 120.
- ^ "Becharof Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
[edit]- Mount Becharof: weather forecast
