Tlingit Peak

Tlingit Peak is a 3,274-foot mountain in Alaska’s Fairweather Range, within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Although modest in height by Alaskan standards, it rises steeply above the tidewater of Tyndall Cove, gaining notable relief within a mile. Its runoff flows toward Geikie Inlet, and the peak stands in a marine subpolar climate influenced by moisture from the Gulf of Alaska, bringing heavy rain and snowfall, long cold winters, and cool summers. Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1951 and later officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, its name honors the Tlingit people and is one of several such names in the park.

Gustavus, Alaska · United States