Mount Saint EliasArticle Free Pass Mount Saint Elias, second
highest peak (18,008 feet [5,489 metres]) of the St. Elias
Mountains, on the Canada–United States (Alaska) border, 70 miles
(110 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. The mountain rises north
of Malaspina Glacier. Vitus Bering became the first official
European discoverer of northwestern America when he sighted the
peak from his ship, the St. Peter, on July 16, 1741. The first
ascent was made by a party led by the duke of Abruzzi on July
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