Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Cook is a physical feature (summit) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Cook |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | on Alaska-Canada boundary, 19 mi. ESE of Mount Augusta and 45 mi. NNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1874 by . H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Captain James Cook, 1728-79, English navigator and explorer who was responsible for considerable exploration of the Alaska coast as far north as Icy Cape, near latitude 70. |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.1811294556 |
| Longitude: | -139.981460571 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Cook: Mount Cook.
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