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Marble Mountain is a 3,366-foot summit in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains in southeast Alaska, within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve at the entrance to Geikie Inlet. Though not especially high for Alaska, it rises sharply from tidewater at Shag Cove in less than a mile, creating notable local relief. Its runoff drains into the Glacier Bay Basin, and the peak is visible from Glacier Bay, a route familiar to cruise ships. In a subpolar oceanic climate, it has long, cold, wet winters, cool summers, and heavy rain and snow. The name was already in local use when the U.S. Geological Survey reported it in 1951.
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Gustavus, Alaska · United States
