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Devils Thumb

Devils Thumb, or Taalkhunaxhkʼu Shaa in Tlingit, is a mountain in the Stikine Icecap region of the – border, near . It is named for its projected thumb-like appearance.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,162 feet
  • Description: mountain in the Stikine Icecap region of the Alaska–British Columbia border, near Petersburg
  • Also known as: “Boundary Peak 71” and “Taalkhunaxhku Shaa”

Devils Thumb

Latitude
57.09151° or 57° 5′ 29″ north
Longitude
-132.36898° or 132° 22′ 8″ west
Elevation
7,162 feet (2,183 metres)
Inception
1907
Operator
International Boundary Commission
Open location code
94993JRJ+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244246084
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5844931
Wiki­data ID
Q3025467
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Devils Thumb” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Devils Thumb”
  • Cebuano: “Devils Thumb (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Alaska, Petersburg Census Area)”
  • Cebuano: “Devils Thumb”
  • Czech: “Devils Thumb”
  • Dutch: “Devils Thumb”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ديڤيلس ثومب”
  • French: “Devils Thumb”
  • German: “Devils Thumb”
  • Ladin: “Devils Thumb”
  • Russian: “Девилс-Тамб”
  • Swahili: “Devils Thumb”
  • Swedish: “Devils Thumb”
  • Urdu: “ڈیولز تھمب”

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