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Mount Steller rises at the far eastern end of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains as the high point of Waxell Ridge, surrounded by the Bagley Icefield, Bering Glacier, and Steller Glacier. Its distinction lies in its dramatic local relief, climbing about 8,000 feet above the Bering Glacier in only about 4 horizontal miles, which makes it especially imposing despite a lower overall elevation than many famous Alaskan peaks. Named for naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, it stands in a remote subarctic landscape of heavy precipitation, severe winter cold, and difficult access. Those conditions delayed its first recorded ascent until 1992.
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McCarthy, Alaska · United States
