Mount Michelson
Mount Michelson is a mountain at the head of the Meares Glacier, 34 miles NW of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, USA. The mountain was named around 1957 for Albert Abraham Michelson by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America.- Peak rising to 8,156 feet (2,486 metres)
- …is also known as “Mount Michelson (Chugach Mountains)”
- Description: mountain in United States of America
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Latitude
61.28101° or 61° 16′ 52″ north
Longitude
-147.23031° or 147° 13′ 49″ west
Open location code
93HJ7QJ9+CV
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Michelson” goes by many names.
Mount MichelsonCebuano
Mount Michelson (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Valdez-Cordova Census Area)Cebuano
Mount MichelsonDutch
جبل مونت ميتشيلسونEgyptian Arabic
جبل مونت ميتشيلسون (امريكا)Egyptian Arabic
Mount MichelsonLadin
Mount MichelsonPolish
ماؤنٹ میچیلسنUrdu
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