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Ellamar Mountain is a 3,051-foot summit in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains on Chugach National Forest land, rising above Prince William Sound near Cordova, Valdez, and Tatitlek. Its runoff drains into the sound, and it stands not far from Bligh Reef, linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The mountain was named for the former copper mining camp of Ellamar at its southwest base. That camp’s name was created by C. L. Wayland, Alaska Territory’s first Postal Inspector, by combining the names of his wife, Ella, and daughter, Margaret. The mountain’s subarctic climate brings heavy precipitation, long cold winters, cool summers, and severe wind chill.
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Tatitlek, Alaska · United States
