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Mount Igikpak, or Iġġiqpak in Iñupiaq, is the highest peak in the Schwatka Mountains of the Brooks Range and the tallest mountain in Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska. With a summit often given as 8,510 feet, its name means “big mountain.” It rises in the south-central part of the park near the source of the Noatak River and the Arrigetch Peaks, standing out in a remote landscape more known for long valleys, rugged ridges, and difficult access than for a single dominant summit. Its first recorded ascent came on August 9, 1968, and it remains both the park’s high point and a landmark preserving an older Iñupiaq sense of the mountain’s scale and presence.
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