Mount Welker is a physical feature (summit) in Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough. The primary coordinates for Mount Welker places it within the 99923 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Mount Welker |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | On the Alaska-Canada boundary, 5 mi N of Hyder; Coast Mts. |
History: | "Named in 1923 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Captain Philip A. Welker, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), an International Boundary Commission (IBC) surveyor from 1893 to 1895 and ""who, in 1895, astromonically determined the southern land origin of the Alaska Lisiere boundary, at a point about 2 miles east of this peak * * *.""" |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough |
Latitude: | 56.0080718994 |
Longitude: | -130.004058838 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Welker: Mount Welker.
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