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Mount Abbe is a double-summit peak in southeast Alaska’s Fairweather Range, near Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Though only a little over 8,200 feet high, it rises dramatically from tidewater in less than two miles and feeds several glaciers that drain into Johns Hopkins Inlet. Named in 1936 for geographer Cleveland Abbe Jr. and officially adopted by the United States Geological Survey in 1937, it shares nearby glacier names tied to Johns Hopkins University. Despite its prominence and visibility to Glacier Bay visitors, it is rarely climbed; the south summit was first ascended in 1977 and the north summit in 1991.
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Elfin Cove, Alaska · United States
