Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Van Wagenen is a physical feature (summit) in Skagway Borough. The primary coordinates for Mount Van Wagenen places it within the 99840 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Van Wagenen |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | On the Alaska-Canada boundary 4 mi NW of Chilkoot Pass and 20 mi. N of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1927 by the United States and Canada for James H. Van Wagenen, 1881-1935, civil engineer and International Boundary Commission (IBC) commissioner. Van Wagenen was born in Iowa and was educated in Illinois and Missouri. He was topographic engineer with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1909. In 1915 he was appointed chief engineer of the U. S. section of the International Boundary Commission (IBC); he was appointed commissioner in 1929. |
| Borough: | Skagway Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.7374916077 |
| Longitude: | -135.360244751 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Van Wagenen: Mount Van Wagenen.
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 Van Wagenen does not include property ownership information.
