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Mount Valhalla is a remote, glaciated peak in southern Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, about 34 miles northwest of Valdez. At 12,135 feet, it is the range’s fourth-highest summit and stands on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Named for the hall of the gods in Norse mythology, it was given its name in 1957 by Lawrence E. Nielsen, a member of the first party to reach the summit on July 1 of that year; the name was formally adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1965. Its subarctic climate and heavy precipitation help sustain nearby glaciers, including Harvard, Nelchina, and Columbia.
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