Boggs Peak

Boggs Peak is a 4,518-foot (1,377 m) mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, 4 mi (6 km) north of Portage Lake, 6 mi (10 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska, and 1.24 mi (2 km) northeast of Begich Peak, which is its nearest higher peak.

Boggs Peak
Boggs Peak (left) and Begich Peak seen from Turnagain Arm
Highest point
Elevation4,518 ft (1,377 m)[1]
Prominence1,030 ft (310 m)[1]
Parent peakBegich Peak[2]
Coordinates60°50′15″N 148°48′28″W[1]
Geography
Boggs Peak is located in Alaska
Boggs Peak
Boggs Peak
Location of Boggs Peak in Alaska
LocationChugach National Forest
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
United States
Parent rangeChugach Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Seward D-5

The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1976 by the United States Geological Survey to commemorate Hale Boggs (1914-1972), who was the House majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives when he disappeared along with Congressman Nick Begich and two others on October 16, 1972, during an airplane flight from Anchorage to Juneau.[3] Neither the plane's wreckage nor the pilot's and passengers' remains were ever found.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Boggs Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. May and June are the best months for climbing in terms of catching favorable weather. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Portage Creek and Twentymile River before emptying into Turnagain Arm.

See also

References

  1. "Boggs Peak, Alaska". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  2. Boggs Peak, listsofjohn.com
  3. "Boggs Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  4. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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