HEIGHT AND POSITION OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS. 



BY 

 ISRAEL C. EUSSELL. 



(Laid before the Board of Managers December 11, 1891.) 



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 1891 have been summarized and 

 discussed by W. H. Dall, of tlie U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey .^^ 

 The various results obtained are shown in the following table. 

 With the exception of the position determined by Malaspina 

 and the measurements of 1891, they are copied from Dall's report. 



Height and Position of Mowyit St. Elias. 



The position given by Malaspina is from a report on astro- 

 nomical observations made during his voyage,t which places 

 the mountain in longitude 134° 33' 10" west of Cadiz. Taking 



*Rep. of the Supt^rintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey for 1875, pp. 157-188. 



t Memorias sob re las obversaciones astronomicas hechas por les nave- 

 gantes Espanoles en distintos higares del globe ; Por Don Josef Espinosa 

 y Tello. Madrid, en la Imprente real, Ano de 1809 : 2 vols., large 8° ; vol. 

 1, pp. 57-60. My attention was directed to this work by Dr. Dall, who 

 owns the onlv coi^v I have seen. 



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