Cope Mountain

Cope Mountain is a 2496 ft summit in Alaska.

Description
Cope Mountain is located 9 mi southwest of Kodiak on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Sargent Creek thence Womens Bay. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2400. ft above Sargent Creek in approximately 1 mi and the east face rises 1700. ft in 0.4 mi. The mountain's name was applied in 1910 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey to honor Harry P. Cope, an Englishman who arrived in Kodiak from San Francisco in 1868. He was the first postmaster at Kodiak and was known locally as "Uncle Harry." The toponym was officially adopted in 1941 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cope Mountain is located in a subpolar oceanic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the North Pacific are forced upwards by the mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop to 0 °F with wind chill factors below −10 °F.