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Mount Williams is a glaciated summit in southern Alaska's Chugach Mountains, rising just over 7,200 feet on Chugach National Forest land. Though moderate in elevation for Alaska, it has dramatic local relief, climbing more than 5,000 feet in less than a mile above nearby Childs Glacier, with Allen Glacier to the north and Childs Glacier to the south. Lawrence Martin named the peak in 1910 for Alfred Williams, an assistant engineer for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway, whose costly steel bridge project crossed the nearby Copper River in 1909 and 1910. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names formally adopted the name in 1930.
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Cordova, Alaska · United States
