Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Drum is a physical feature (summit) in Copper River Borough. The primary coordinates for Mount Drum places it within the 99566 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Drum |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | 18 mi. SW of Mount Sanford and 21 mi. SE of Gulkana, Wrangell Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 59), U.S. Army (USA), for Adjutant General Richard Coulter Drum, 1825-1909, who entered the army in 1846, served in the Mexican War, participated in an expedition against the Sioux Indians in 1956, and became a Brigadier General during the Civil War. It was first climbed June 4, 1954 by Heinrich Harrer, Keith Hart, and George Schaller (Farquhar, 1959, p. 219e.) |
| Borough: | Copper River Borough |
| Latitude: | 62.1153869629 |
| Longitude: | -144.639602661 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Drum: Mount Drum.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mount Drum does not include property ownership information.
