Mount Ballyhoo is a summit in Alaska, United States.
Description Mount Ballyhoo is part of the Aleutian Range. This iconic landmark of the Dutch Harbor area is set in Unalaska Bay as the high point of Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands.Donald J. Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967, page 103. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above tidewater in approximately . The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area is located on the mountain.
History The mountain was named by author Jack London when he spent time in 1897 at Dutch Harbor which was the locale for his novel, The Sea-Wolf.Stephen E. Ambrose, The Good Fight: How World War II Was Won, Simon and Schuster, 2001, , p. 30. Jack stopped here en route to the Klondike Gold Rush and he named the mountain after his lead dog named "Ballyhoo."Most Americans are unaware how close the world War II came to home, Smithsonian Magazine, smithsonianmag.com, Retrieved 2023-11-23. Jack set foot at the top of the mountain, as did another writer, Rex Beach.United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 58, United States Naval Institute, 1932, p. 1302. The mountain's toponym was published in 1965 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
During World War II, the Japanese attacked Dutch Harbor on June 3–4, 1942, but American munitions and guns had been moved and placed on Mt. Ballyhoo the night before in anticipation of the raid.What Daddy and Mother did in the War (Part 3), National Park Service, Retrieved 2023-11-23.
Climate According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Ballyhoo is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.
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See also List of mountain peaks of Alaska
References
External links Mount Ballyhoo summit view (photo): Flickr Weather forecast: Mount Ballyhoo