HEIGHT AND POSITION OF MOUNT ST. ELIAS.
BY
ISRAEL C. RUSSELL.
(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 the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.1 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.
1 Rep. of the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey for 1875, pp. 157–188.
Height and Position of Mount St. Elias.
| Date. | Authority. | Height. | Latitude. | Longitude. |
| 1786 | La Pérouse | 12,672 feet | 60° 15' 00" | 140° 10' 00" |
| 1791 | Malaspina | 17,851 feet | 60° 17' 35" | 140° 52' 17" |
| 1794 | Vancouver | ————— | 60° 22' 30" | 140° 39' 00" |
| 1847 | Russian Hydrographic Chart, 1378 | 17,850 feet | 60° 21' 00" | 141° 00' 00" |
| 1847 | Tebenkof (Notes) | 16,938 feet | 60° 22' 36" | 140° 54' 00" |
| 1849 | Tebenkof (Chart VII) | 16,938 feet | 60° 21' 30" | 140° 54' 00" |
| Bach. Can. Inseln | 16,758 feet | 60° 17' 30" | 140° 51' 00" | |
| 1872 | English Admiralty Chart 2172 | 14,970 feet | 60° 21' 00" | 141° 00' 00" |
| 1874 | U. S. Coast Survey | 19,500±400 feet | 60° 20' 45" | 141° 00' 12" |
| 1891 | Nat. Geog. Soc. Ex. | 18,100±100 feet | 60° 17' 51" | 140° 55' 30" |
The position given by Malaspina is from a report on astronomical observations made during his voyage,2 which places the mountain in longitude 134° 33' 10" west of Cadiz. Taking the longitude of Cadiz as 6° 19' 07" west of Greenwich, the figures given in the table are obtained.