Byron Peak – Summit in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1420756

Location

State Alaska

County Kenai Peninsula

Feature Class Summit

Coordinates

DMS

60°43'43"N 148°51'46"W

Decimal Degrees

60.7285938, -148.8628479

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Seward C-5 NW

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Whittier

6.8 mi ENE

Hydrography

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Description

At the head of Byron Glacier, 7 mi SW of Whittier; Chugach Mts.

History

Named for Byron Glacier, name in use since 1915.

Nearby Features

Byron Glacier Glacier · 0.9 mi NNE
Skookum Glacier Glacier · 1.0 mi SW
Portage Glacier Glacier · 2.1 mi ESE
Carpathian Peak Summit · 2.9 mi SSE
Portage Lake Lake · 3.4 mi NNE
Explorer Glacier Glacier · 3.8 mi NNW
Bear Valley Valley · 4.1 mi NNE
Burns Glacier Glacier · 4.1 mi E
Placer Creek Stream · 4.3 mi NNE
Portage Pass Gap · 4.3 mi NE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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