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East Peak is a glaciated 6,650-foot summit in the Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska near Valdez and the head of Prince William Sound. Named in 1898 by Captain William R. Abercrombie during his search for a route from coastal Alaska to the Klondike, it reflects the practical descriptive naming common to that era’s exploration. Though modest by Alaskan standards, the mountain has dramatic local relief, rising sharply on its western side from tidewater in about six miles. Cold, wet subarctic conditions sustain the Rubin, Keystone, and Camicia Glaciers and smaller hanging glaciers, preserving the peak’s heavily ice-shaped landscape.
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Valdez, Alaska · United States
