Dutsen Andy Simons

 

Dutsen Andy Simons
General information
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	60°24′N 149°18′W
Kasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Territory	Kenai Peninsula Borough (en)

Dutsen Andy Simons sananne ne 6,407 feet (1,953 m) dutsen koli guda biyu dake cikin tsaunin Kenai, da kololuwa na huɗu mafi girma a yankin Kenai a cikin jihar Alaska . Babban koli na gaskiya shine mil 1.3 yamma da ƙoƙon gabas na ƙafa 5,300+ akan wannan dutsen mai tsayin mil biyar daga arewa maso yamma zuwa kudu maso kudu. Dutsen yana cikin dajin Chugach na kasa, 7.2 miles (12 km) gabas da Dutsen Adair, da 17 miles (27 km) arewa da Seward, Alaska . Babban Hanyar Seward da Alaska Railroad sun ratsa ƙafarsa ta yamma. Ruwan hazo daga tsaunin yana zuwa cikin tafkin Kenai .

Tarihi

Hawan farko na wannan dutsen an yi shi ne a ranar 18 ga Mayu, 1963, ta ƙungiyar Mountaineerng Club na Alaska karkashin jagorancin Dave Johnston. Wannan rukunin ya bar rajistar taron koli tare da sunan "Big Bad Wolf Peak" a matsayin sunan da aka nufa, daidai da jigon riga mai suna Uwar Goose Glacier a ƙarshen kudu na wannan dutsen. Koyaya, a waccan shekarar Seward Chamber of Commerce ta gabatar da buƙatar cewa a sanya sunan dutsen bayan Andrew Adrian Simons (1882 – 1962), ɗan farauta na farko kuma babban jagorar farauta wanda a cikin shekaru 27 da ya yi a matsayin memba na Hukumar Wasan Alaska ya yi aiki don taimakawa adanawa da tallata albarkatun wasan Alaska. Dutsen yana kallon gidan Andy Simons' Lakeview wanda ya rayu sama da shekaru 30. Andy yakan duba dutsen kowace safiya don ya ga ko akwai awaki ko tumakin dutse a kan gangaren. An haifi Andrew Simons a Närpes, Finland, a ranar 10 ga Agusta, 1882, kuma ya isa yankin Alaska a farkon 1900s a matsayin mai ba da shawara, sannan Seward a kusa da 1908. An ba shi lasisi a matsayin jagorar farauta na farko da aka yi rajista a Alaska a cikin 1910, kuma an gudanar da lasisin No. 1 har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 19 ga Satumba 18. sananne ga duk manyan mafarauta a duniya. An ba da labarin aikinsa a cikin mujallu irin su The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Field & Stream, da Holiday . An karɓi sunan bisa hukuma a cikin 1963 ta Cibiyar Nazarin Yanayin ƙasa ta Amurka .

Yanayi

Dangane da rarrabuwar yanayi na Köppen, Dutsen Andy Simons yana cikin yankin yanayin yanayi mai tsayi da tsayi, sanyi, lokacin sanyi, da lokacin rani mai laushi. Tsarin yanayin da ke fitowa daga Tekun Alaska ana tilastawa tsaunin Kenai zuwa sama ( ɗaga orographic ), yana haifar da hazo mai yawa ta hanyar ruwan sama da dusar ƙanƙara. Yanayin hunturu na iya faɗuwa ƙasa da 0 °F tare da abubuwan sanyin iska ƙasa -10 °F. Wannan yanayin yana tallafawa gandun daji na spruce da hemlock akan ƙananan gangara.