Description

Lituya Mountain is located in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.8 mi. SW of Mount Salisbury, 87 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Name published in Russian by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "G(ora) L'tua " meaning "Lituya Mountain;" named for Lituya Bay.

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