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Heney Peak is a 3,156-foot summit in southern Alaska just south of Cordova, the highest point in the eight-mile Heney Range and part of the Chugach Mountains within Chugach National Forest. Its setting is notable for steep local relief, rising about 3,150 feet above Mountain Slough in only 1.5 miles. Water from its slopes drains west through Heney and Hartney creeks to Orca Inlet and east to Mountain Slough and the Gulf of Alaska. Named in 1927 for railway builder Michael James Heney, it stands in a subpolar oceanic climate marked by snowy winters, cool summers, and heavy precipitation from Gulf storms.
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Cordova, Alaska · United States
