Alaska Gazetteer
Mount Hay is a physical feature (summit) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mount Hay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In Saint Elias Mts., on the Alaska-Canada boundary 7 mi NW of Mount Lodge, 82 mi. SW of Skagway. |
| History: | Named in 1923 by United States and Canada for John Milton Hay, 1838-1905, author and diplomat. John Hay was born in Indiana and was private secretary to Abraham Lincoln. He served in foreign legations and worked as a journalist until 1879 when he became Assistant Secretary of State. In 1897 he was Ambassador to Great Britain. From 1897 to 1905, he served as Secretary of State under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. In 1903, he helped negotiate the treaty providing for the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.2432746887 |
| Longitude: | -137.608535767 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Hay: Mount Hay.
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 Hay does not include property ownership information.
