Regal Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name= Regal Mountain
Photo=RegalMtn-RegalGlacier.jpg
Caption= Regal Mountain rises above the Regal Glacier
Elevation= ft to m|13845|round=0
Location= Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA
Range=Wrangell Mountains
Prominence = ft to m|4345|round=0cite web | title = Alaska 13,000-foot Peaks | url= http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21301 | accessdate = 2007-03-10 ]
Coordinates = coord|61|44|39|N|142|51|55|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS McCarthy C-5
Type= Eroded stratovolcano or shield volcano
Age=
Last eruption=
First ascent= August 3, 1964 by Yasuichi Kitamura, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Masao Tanaka, and Shinichi Naito [cite web | title = Alaska’s Summits 13,000 feet and above | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/AK_13ers.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-10 ]
Easiest route=Glacier climb

Regal Mountain is an eroded stratovolcano or shield volcano in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska. It is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park about Convert|19|mi|km|0|abbr=on east of Mount Blackburn, the second highest volcano in the United States, and southeast of the massive Nabesna Glacier. Regal Mountain is the third highest thirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska, ranking just behind its neighbor, Atna Peaks. Because the mountain is almost entirely covered in glaciers, no geological studies have been done, but published references state and the geological map shows that the mountain is an old eroded volcanic edifice.

Several major glaciers flow from the steep and heavily eroded flanks of Regal Mountain. The Rohn Glacier and Regal Glacier head east and southeast to join the Nizina Glacier, while the Root Glacier flows south Convert|15|mi|km|0 to join the Kennicott Glacier just above the town of McCarthy. Each of those large glaciers exceeds Convert|1|mi|km|1 in width, but largest of all on Regal Mountain is a massive unnamed glacier, over Convert|3|mi|km|0 across, which flows northwest just over Convert|10|mi|km|0|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on to join the mighty Nabesna.

ee also

*4000 meter peaks of Alaska
*Mountain peaks of Alaska
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the United States

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