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Nun Mountain is a 4,329-foot peak in southeastern Alaska’s Chilkat Range, about 33 miles northwest of Juneau, rising above Lynn Canal in the Saint Elias Mountains. Though not especially high, it is notable for its dramatic local relief, with its summit climbing steeply above nearby tidewater and its northeast face rising sharply in a short distance. Water from runoff and glacial melt on its slopes drains toward Lynn Canal. Published in 1924 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and later officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, its name comes from a fancied resemblance to a nun. Its tundra climate and moisture from the Gulf of Alaska also sustain a small unnamed glacier.
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