Mount Carpe, Mountain summit in Denali National Park, Alaska, United States.
Mount Carpe is a mountain summit in Denali National Park rising to about 12,550 feet on the northeast side of Denali. The peak stands about 1,800 feet above the surrounding terrain in a region marked by steep slopes and glaciated valleys.
The peak was named in 1943 by an Army expedition to honor a researcher who died in 1932 during a scientific expedition. The naming reflected a broader effort to commemorate early polar explorers through geographic features.
The name honours Allen Carpé, who died with Theodore G. Koven in May 1932 when they fell into a crevasse on Muldrow Glacier during the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition. The U.S. Army Test Expedition chose the name in 1943; Mount Koven nearby recalls his companion.
Mount Carpe sits on a northeast buttress of Denali, and the Carpe Ridge linking it to Mount Tatum is the usual line of approach. The nearest comparable summit, North Peak, lies about 9.5 km to the southwest. Expect temperatures near −16 °C, dropping to about −22 °C in February, with June the mildest month at around −5 °C.
Mount Carpe was named in 1943 by the U.S. Army Test Expedition after Allen Carpé, who died in May 1932 with Theodore G. Koven when both fell into a crevasse on Muldrow Glacier during the Rockefeller Cosmic Ray Expedition. Mount Koven carries the second man's name.
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