Mount Michelson (Brooks Range)

Mount Michelson
Mount Michelson North Slope Borough, Alaska
Elevation	8,855 ft (2,699 m)
Location
Range	Brooks Range
Coordinates	69°18′28″N 144°16′03″W / 69.30778°N 144.2675°W / 69.30778; -144.2675Coordinates: 69°18′28″N 144°16′03″W / 69.30778°N 144.2675°W / 69.30778; -144.2675[1]
Topo map	USGS Mount Michelson B-1
Climbing
First ascent	April 23, 1957 by John P. Thompson and R. E. "Pete" Isto[2]
Easiest route	South Face to East Ridge: glacier/snow climb, Alaska Grade 1[2]

Mount Michelson is a high peak in the Romanzof Mountains, part of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of the highest peak in the range, Mount Chamberlin.^[3]

The mountain was named by E. de K. Leffingwell, between 1906 and 1914, for Professor Albert Abraham Michelson, an American scientist.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Michelson". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1406269. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Michael Wood and Colby Coombs, Alaska: a climbing guide, The Mountaineers, Seattle, 2001, ISBN 0-89886-724-X
3. ^ Some sources claim Mount Michelson is the highest peak in the range; this is not supported by the 1:63,360 scale USGS topographic maps. See Mount Chamberlin.