Peters Dome, Mountain summit in Denali National Park, United States.
Peters Dome is a glacier-covered dome rising 10,571 feet (3,222 m) in the central Alaska Range, inside Denali National Park, 7.6 mi (12 km) northwest of Denali. A deep glacial valley, the Peters Basin, separates it from Denali and lies about 3,000 feet (910 m) below the summit.
Peters Dome lies in the central Alaska Range within Denali National Park, 7.6 miles (12 km) northwest of Denali. The sources record no naming date or survey history for the peak; its documented geography is the glacial valley of Peters Basin, which drops about 3,000 feet below the summit and is the source of Peters Glacier.
The name Peters Dome and the adjacent Peters Basin and Peters Glacier honour early surveyor William John Peters, who explored the Alaska Range in the early 1900s. The dome's glacier-covered summit rises 10,571 feet (3,222 m), 7.6 mi (12 km) northwest of Denali, and its basin sits about 3,000 feet (910 m) below the top.
Peters Dome lies 12 km northwest of Denali, from which it is separated by the deep glacial Peters Basin, roughly 910 m below the summit. Approach and climbing conditions depend on that glacier-covered terrain, so parties plan for crevasses and steep snow rather than a marked trail.
Peters Dome stands 7.6 miles (12 km) northwest of Denali, from which it is separated by the deep glacial valley of Peters Basin. The basin floor lies about 3,000 feet (910 m) below the summit and is the source of Peters Glacier.
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