Mount Forde is a physical feature (summit) in Hoonah-Angoon Borough. The primary coordinates for Mount Forde places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Mount Forde |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | In Glacier Bay National Monument, on the Alaska-British Columbia boundary, 5 mi SW of Tarr Inlet, 72 mi. WSW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. |
History: | Named by Canada in 1929 for John Preston Forde, an engineer of the Public Works Dept. of the Dominion of Canada, who visited Tarr Inlet in 1925 and 1928 and measured the recession of the glacier at the head of the inlet. |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon Borough |
Latitude: | 59.0314216614 |
Longitude: | -137.177780151 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Forde: Mount Forde.
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