Mount Bona, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness

Name: Mount Bona
Address: Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness, United States

#9 among attractions in Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Mount Bona is one of the major mountains of the Saint Elias Mountains in eastern Alaska, and is the fifth-highest independent peak in the United States. It is either the tenth- or eleventh-highest peak in North America. Mount Bona and its adjacent neighbor Mount Churchill are both large ice-covered stratovolcanoes. Bona has the distinction of being the highest volcano in the United States and the fourth-highest in North America, outranked only by the three highest Mexican volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl, and Iztaccíhuatl. Its summit is a small stratovolcano on top of a high platform of sedimentary rocks. ()

Alternative names: Last eruption: 847First ascent: 1930Elevation: 16550 ftProminence: 6900 ftCoordinates: 61°23'8"N, 141°44'56"W

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Mount Bona – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Churchill, University Peak, Aello Peak, Tressider Peak.

2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Mount Churchill, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness
66 min walk • Mount Churchill is a volcano in the Saint Elias Mountains and the Wrangell Volcanic Field of eastern Alaska. Churchill and its higher neighbor Mount Bona about 2 mi to the southwest are both large ice-covered stratovolcanoes, with Churchill being the fourth highest volcano in the United States and the seventh highest in North America.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
University Peak, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
108 min walk • University Peak is a high peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska. It is one of the twenty highest peaks in Alaska, and one of the fifty highest peaks in the United States. It can be considered a southern outlier of the large massif of Mount Bona.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aello Peak, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness
132 min walk • Aello Peak is the highest peak of a mountain group called The Twaharpies, just west of Mount Bona in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska. While not highly significant in terms of prominence or isolation, it has a tremendous south face. From the summit, this face drops 7,000 feet in just over 1 mile, and 8,500 feet in less than 2.5 miles.
3.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tressider Peak, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness
85 min walk • Tressider Peak is in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is less than 2 mi southeast of Mount Bona.

Mount Bona, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness

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Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness plan & book

Mount Bona – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Mount Churchill, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness

University Peak, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Aello Peak, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness

Tressider Peak, Wrangell–Saint Elias Wilderness