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Mount Seattle is a 10,350-foot peak in the Saint Elias Mountains on the Alaska-Yukon border, rising near the Gulf of Alaska. Though lower than some inland summits, it is the most prominent Alaskan coastal peak, giving it exceptional visual dominance and at times blocking views of much taller mountains such as Mount Logan. The mountain was named for Seattle, home of the camp hands who joined a 19th-century National Geographic Society and United States Geological Survey expedition to Hubbard Glacier and Mount Saint Elias. Fred Beckey, Eric Bjornstad, and four others made the first ascent in May 1966.
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Yakutat, Alaska · United States
