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Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. Despite not being a fourteener, it is one of the largest peaks in the United States in terms of rise above local terrain. For example, the Northeast Face rises 8,000 feet (2,440 m) in approximately 2 miles (3.2 km).
Of the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic prominence, six peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 26 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 65 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence.
The Hayes Range is a part of the Alaska Range in Denali and the census area of Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska in the United States.The mountains are east of Denali National Park, separated by the Nenana River and Windy Pass, and are west of the Delta Mountains, separated by the Delta River and Isabel Pass.
Mount Hayes and the eastern Alaska Range mountains View from Denali State Park. The range forms a generally east–west arc with its northernmost part in the center, and from there trending southwest towards the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands, and trending southeast into British Columbia and the Pacific Coast Ranges.
Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali" for the tallest mountain in North America.. Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it ...
Hess Mountain, also known as Mount Hess, is an 11,940 ft (3,640 m) elevation glaciated summit located on the crest of the Alaska Range, in Alaska, United States. [4] It is the seventh-highest peak in the Hayes Range which is a subrange of the Alaska Range. [1]
Mount Spurr erupted once in 1953 and three times in 1992, according to the observatory. Both years saw eruptions at the Crater Peak vent, located two miles south of the volcano’s summit.
It is the fourth-highest peak in the Hayes Range, a subset of the Alaska Range. [1] This remote peak is situated 5.7 mi (9 km) southeast of Mount Hayes, and 92 mi (148 km) southeast of Fairbanks. Mount Shand, the nearest higher neighbor, is set 4.7 mi (8 km) to the east.