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Mount Thomas is a summit in southern Alaska’s Chugach Mountains near Valdez, rising above Valdez Narrows and the waters of Prince William Sound. Though not especially high by Alaska standards, it is notable for its dramatic local relief, with its east side climbing steeply from tidewater to the summit in a short distance. Captain William R. Abercrombie named the peak in 1898, apparently honoring Civil War officer General George Henry Thomas. Its subarctic setting brings long, snowy winters, mild summers, and heavy precipitation from moist Gulf air lifted by the Chugach range, sustaining an unnamed glacier on the mountain’s north slope.
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Valdez, Alaska · United States
