Mount Saint Elias

\n{| border="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" align="right" width="305" style="margin-left:3px"\n!bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Mount Saint Elias\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Elevation:||18,008 feet (5,489 metres)\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Latitude:||60° 17′ 36″N\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Longitude:||140° 55′ 46″W\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Location:||Alaska-Yukon\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Topo map:||USGS Mt. Saint Elias\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Range:||Saint Elias Range\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|First ascent:||1897 by Duke of the Abruzzi\n|-\n|bgcolor=#e7dcc3|Easiest route:||glacier/snow/ice climb\n|}\n Mount Saint Elias is the second highest mountain in both the United States and Canada, being situated on the Alaska and Yukon border. The mountain was first sighted on July 16, 1741 by Vitus Bering of Russia. While some historians contend that the mountain was named by Bering, others believe that eighteenth century mapmakers named it after Cape Saint Elias, when it was left unnamed by Bering. Mt. St. Elias was first climbed on July 31, 1897 by Duke of the Abruzzi, Vittorio Sella and party.

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\n* Mt. St. Elias on Peakware \nSaint Elias Saint Elias, Mount