Mount Jarvis

Mount Jarvis is a heavily eroded volcanic mountain in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska, within Wrangell–Saint Elias National Park. Both a shield volcano and a stratovolcano, it stands about 10 miles east of Mount Wrangell and rises nearly 5,000 feet above the surrounding volcanic plateau in cliffs and icefalls. Its distinctive form includes two glaciated summits joined by a ridge, with the higher reaching 13,421 feet and the northern summit prominent enough to count as an independent peak. Named in 1903 for Lieutenant David H. Jarvis, it also recalls his leadership of the 1897–98 Overland Relief Expedition to aid an ice-trapped whaling fleet.

Nabesna, Alaska · United States