Alaska Gazetteer
Iron Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Iron Mountain places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Iron Mountain |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In Takshanuk Mountains, 3.4 mi ENE of Klukwan and 15 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mountains. |
| History: | "Local name published in 1954 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Name is derived from a large deposit of magnetite iron ore discovered in the mountain about 1869. The Tlingit name ""Kahwateta Mountain,"" published in 1952 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), according to E. C. Robertson, means ""maiden hiding place"" and was based on the local Indian custom of sending the young girls of the Klukwan village at the base of the mountain up to a glacial amphitheater near the top to hide, in order to appease the angry god of the mountain who, it was believed, caused the floods and mudflows which plagued the village during the fall months." |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.4249839783 |
| Longitude: | -135.836532593 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Iron Mountain: Iron Mountain.
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 Iron Mountain does not include property ownership information.
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Klukwan, AK
(2.4 miles SW) Covenant Life, AK (6.7 miles W) Lutak, AK (11.2 miles ESE) |
Mosquito Lake, AK
(11.4 miles NW) Skagway, AK (18.5 miles E) Haines, AK (19.4 miles SE) |
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Chilkat, AK
(2.7 miles SW) Wells, AK (3.4 miles W) Tanani, AK (17.5 miles SE) |
Port Chilkoot, AK
(19.5 miles SE) |
