Sentinel Peak

Sentinel Peak is a 4,355-foot mountain in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains at the head of Queen Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Although not especially high for Alaska, it rises from tidewater in less than two miles, giving it a dramatic prominence above Glacier Bay Basin. The peak stands just southwest of Carroll Glacier and was named in 1892 by American geophysicist Harry Fielding Reid during his glaciological work in Glacier Bay because it seemed to stand guard over the glacier. In clear weather, it can be seen from Glacier Bay, especially in May and June.

Covenant Life, Alaska · United States