Mount Michelson (Brooks Range)
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Mount Michelson is a high peak in the Romanzof Mountains, part of the Brooks Range
of northern Alaska
in the United States
. It is located about 15 miles (24.1 km) east of the highest peak in the range, Mount Chamberlin
.
The mountain was named by E. de K. Leffingwell, between 1906 and 1914, for Professor Albert Abraham Michelson
, an American scientist.
Brooks Range
The Brooks Range is a mountain range in far northern North America. It stretches from west to east across northern Alaska and into Canada's Yukon Territory, a total distance of about 1100 km . The mountains top out at over 2,700 m . The range is believed to be approximately 126 million years old...
of northern Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located about 15 miles (24.1 km) east of the highest peak in the range, Mount Chamberlin
Mount Chamberlin (Alaska)
Mount Chamberlin is the highest peak in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. It is the highest peak for over 500 miles ; however, due to its remote location, it sees little climbing activity....
.
The mountain was named by E. de K. Leffingwell, between 1906 and 1914, for Professor Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics...
, an American scientist.