Boston Peak
Boston Peak is a tall peak in the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington and within North Cascades National Park. At 8,894 feet in elevation it is the 26th highest peak in Washington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sahale Mountain and Quien Sabe Glacier.
Sahale Mountain
Peak
Photo: Jeffrey Pang, CC BY 2.0.
Sahale Mountain is a jagged, glaciated mountain, in North Cascades National Park, in northern Washington state. The summit of Sahale Mountain is referred to as Sahale Peak.
Quien Sabe Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quien Sabe Glacier is a glacier located on the west slopes of Boston Peak, North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Quien Sabe Glacier retreated 1200 meters from its Little Ice Age maximum in approximately 1850 to 1950.
Sharkfin Tower
Peak
Photo: Eggbones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sharkfin Tower is an 8,120+ ft summit located in North Cascades National Park, in Skagit County of Washington state. It is set in the scenic North Cascades, which is a sub-range of the Cascade Range.
Boston Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,547 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Skagit, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
48.49543° or 48° 29′ 44″ northLongitude
-121.03601° or 121° 2′ 10″ westElevation
8,547 feet (2,605 metres)Open location code
84WWFXW7+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 349003049OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Boston Peak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلة بسطن”
- Arabic: “قُلَّةُ بُسْطُنَ”
- Cebuano: “Boston Peak”
- Dutch: “Boston Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بوستون پياك”
- French: “pic Boston”
- German: “Boston Peak”
- Ladin: “Boston Peak”
- Slovenian: “Boston Peak”
- Urdu: “بوسٹن پیک”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Boston Peak”. Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.