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Jewel Mountain is a 4,885-foot summit in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, above the Crow Creek drainage on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Rising steeply from nearby Crow Creek, it is connected to a major historic route by the Iditarod National Historic Trail, which crosses its west slope. Its local name was reported by the Army Map Service in 1942 and later officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. In a subarctic climate shaped by moist air from the Gulf of Alaska, the mountain receives heavy rain and snow, conditions that help sustain nearby Raven Glacier and Milk Glacier.
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Anchorage, Alaska · United States
