Atna Peaks
TheNabesna Glacier, withMount Blackburn at right; Atna Peaks is thetwin summit left of center and Parka Peak is the icy summit at left
Highest point
Elevation	13,860 ft (4,220 m)
Prominence	2,160 ft (660 m)
Isolation	3.7 mi (6.0 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 68th US highest major peaks 51st Alaska highest major peaks 15th
Coordinates	61°44′58″N143°14′23″W / 61.74944°N 143.23972°W /61.74944; -143.23972
Geography
Atna Peaks Location in Alaska
Location	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
Parent range	Wrangell Mountains
Topo map	USGS McCarthy C-6
Geology
Mountain type	Erodedstratovolcano orshield volcano
Last eruption	Unknown
Climbing
First ascent	Alex Bittenbinder, Don Stockard, and Vin Hoeman, 1965[1]
Easiest route	glacier climb

Atna Peaks is an erodedstratovolcano orshield volcano in theWrangell Mountains of easternAlaska. It is located inWrangell–Saint Elias National Park about 6 miles (9.7 km) east ofMount Blackburn, the second-highestvolcano in the United States, and just south of the massiveNabesna Glacier. The mountain is almost entirely covered inglaciers, so no geological studies have been done, but published references state and the geological map shows that the mountain is an old eroded volcanic edifice.

The mountain's main summit is 13,860 feet (4,225 m), making it the second-highestthirteener (a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet in elevation) in Alaska. The second summit is located about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east, reaching over 13,600 feet (4,100 m), and another named summit, 13,280 ft (4,048 m)Parka Peak, is about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) further east across a glacier-covered saddle. The steep rocky south faces of these three peaks form part of thecirque of theKennicott Glacier, which flows southeast over 20 mi (32 km) to just above the town ofMcCarthy.

Atna Peaks was named in 1965 by the first ascent party from theMountaineering Club of Alaska, because the "peaks are at the edge of theCopper River drainage and the old Indian name for that river was Atna."^[2]

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  Looking north at Parka Peak centered with Atna Peaks to left reflected in a lake nearDonoho Peak

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Sources

• Richter, Donald H.; Danny S. Rosenkrans; Margaret J. Steigerwald (1995).Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska.USGS Bulletin 2072. Archived fromthe original on August 29, 2007.
• Winkler, Gary R. (2000).A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes.USGS Professional Paper 1616.ISBN 0-607-92676-7.
• Richter, Donald H.; Cindi C. Preller; Keith A. Labay; Nora B. Shew (2006).Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska.USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2877.

• Wrangell Mountains
• Landforms of Copper River Census Area, Alaska
• Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
• Four-thousanders of the United States
• Shield volcanoes of the United States
• Stratovolcanoes of Alaska
• Subduction volcanoes
• Volcanoes of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
• Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve

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