Mount Shuksan
Mount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park. Shuksan rises in Whatcom County, Washington immediately to the east of Mount Baker, and 11.6 miles south of the Canada–US border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 9,058 feet
- Description: mountain in Washington state, United States
- Also known as: “Mt. Shuksan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nooksack Tower and West Nooksack Glacier.
Nooksack Tower
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nooksack Tower is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Nooksack Tower is part of the Mount Shuksan Massif and is.75 mi northeast of the main summit of Shuksan.
West Nooksack Glacier
Glacier
West Nooksack Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the eastern slopes of Mount Shuksan, immediately northeast of the subpeak called Nooksack Tower.
Nooksack Cirque
Valley
Nooksack Cirque is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the eastern slopes of Mount Shuksan. Nooksack Cirque was formed by glaciers and the East Nooksack Glacier is located in the cirque below the headwall known as Jagged Ridge.
Mount Shuksan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Whatcom, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.83124° or 48° 49′ 53″ northLongitude
-121.60268° or 121° 36′ 10″ westElevation
9,058 feet (2,761 metres)Open location code
84WWR9JW+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 349028214OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Shuksan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Mount Shuksan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Shuksan”
- Chinese: “薩克森山”
- Czech: “Mount Shuksan”
- Dutch: “Mount Shuksan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت شوكسان”
- French: “mont Shuksan”
- French: “Mont Shuksan”
- German: “Mount Shuksan”
- Italian: “Monte Shuksan”
- Ladin: “Mount Shuksan”
- Slovak: “Mount Shuksan”
- Swahili: “Mlima Shuksan”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ شکسن”
- Venetian: “Monte Shuksan”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Hourglass and Fisher Chimney.
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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 “Mount Shuksan”. Photo: Frank Kovalchek, CC BY 2.0.