Description
Mount Eielson is located in Denali National Park, 3.5 mi. S of Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska Range
History
Named by U.S. Congress on June 14, 1930, for Carl Ben Eielson "in honor of the pioneer work in aviation performed in Alaska and the North ***." Eielson had recently been killed in a plane crash in Siberia. The local name "Copper Mountain" was reported in 1925 by S. R. Capps, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).