Mount Nesselrode facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Nesselrode |
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| Boundary Peak 98 | |
 Mount Nesselrode
Location in Alaska
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,117 ft (2,474 m) |
| Prominence | 3,031 ft (924 m) |
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| Location | Stikine Region, British Columbia Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska |
Mount Nesselrode, also known as Boundary Peak 98, 2,474 metres (8,117 ft) prominence: 924 m (3,031 ft), is a peak in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on and in part defining the border between British Columbia, Canada and Alaska, United States. About 40 miles (64 km) north of Juneau to the west of the lower Stikine River and in the heart of the Stikine Icecap in Juneau Icefield southwest of Atlin Lake, it is also the corner point of Alaska's Haines Borough and Juneau Borough.
It was named in 1924 on 100 year anniversary of the Russo-American Treaty of 1824 in honour of Karl Nesselrode, also known as Charles de Nesselrode, then Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a plenipotentiary in the negotiations which produced the Russo-American Treaty of 1824. That treaty defined the boundary between Russian America and US claims to the Oregon Country and was mirrored in a parallel treaty with the British the next year, defining 54°40′north as the southward limit of Russian possessions.
The first ascent of Mount Nesselrode was made in August 1973.
