PART V. 

 HEIGHT AND POSITION OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS. 



The height and position of Mount St. Elias have been measured 

 several times during the past century with varying results. 

 The measurements made prior to the expedition of 1890 have 

 been summarized and discussed by W. H. Dall, of the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and little more can be done 

 at present than give an abstract of his report. . 



The various determinations are shown in the table below. 

 The data from which these results were obtained have not been 

 j)ublished, Avith the exception of the surveys made by the United 

 States Coast Survey in 1874, printed in report of the super- 

 intendent for 1875. 



Height and Position of Mount St. Elias. 



Date. 



Authority. 



Height. 



Latitude. 



Longitude 

 W. 



1786 

 1791 

 1794 

 1847 



1847 

 1849 



1872 



1874 



La Perouse 



Malaspina 



Vancouver — ' 



Russian HydrograiDliic 

 Chart 1378 



Tebenkof (Notes) 



Tebenkof (Chart VII) .-— 



Buch. Can. Insehi 



English Admiralty Chart 



2172 



U. S. Coast Survey 



12,672 

 17,851 



feet 



17,854 

 16,938 

 16,938 

 16,758 



14,970 

 19,500= 



:400 



60° 15^ 00^ 

 60 17 35 

 60 22 30 



60 21 00 



60 22 36 



60 21 



60 17 



30 

 30 



60 21 00 

 60 20 45 



140° 10^ 00^ 



140 52 17 



140 39 00 



141 00 00 

 140 54 00 

 140 54 00 



140 51 00 



141 00 00 

 141 00 12 



All of the figures given in the table have been copied from 

 Ball's report, with the exception of the position determined by 

 Malaspina ; this is from a report of astronomical observations 

 made during Malaspina 's voyage, which places the mountain in 

 latitude 60° 17' 35" and longitude 134° 33' 10" west of Cadiz.* 

 Taking the longitude of Cadiz as 6° 19' 07" west of Greenwich, 

 the figures tabulated above are obtained. 



* Ante, p. 65. 

 26— Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. Ill, ISdi. 



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