Mount Igikpak

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The Mount Igikpak is with 2523 m the highest mountain in the Schwatka Mountains, a mountain range of the Brooks Range in northwestern Alaska. It is located in the Gates -of -the- Arctic National Park. The Noatak River rises on its eastern flank.

The mountain is located in the catchment area of ​​the Noatak River, which over the Kotzebue Sound in the Chukchi Sea, a marginal sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean, flows.

The name of the mountain goes back to the name of the Alaska Natives for him, which was documented in 1956 by the United States Geological Survey and as much as " two large peaks " means.

The first ascent was held by David Roberts, Chuck Loucks and Al De Maria on August 9, 1968.