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Chitistone Mountain is a 6,844-foot peak on the southeastern edge of Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, near the junction of the Nizina and Chitistone rivers. Its name, reported by the United States Geological Survey in 1959, comes from the nearby Chitistone River, whose name blends an Indian word for copper with the English word “stone.” That ties the mountain to the region’s copper-mining history, especially the nearby Kennecott Mines, which operated from 1911 to 1938 and helped make the district a notable mining area. The mountain also lies in a harsh subarctic climate of heavy precipitation, cold winters, and cool summers.
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McCarthy, Alaska · United States
