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Sheep Mountain is a 6,305-foot summit in Alaska’s Kenai Mountains on the Kenai Peninsula in Chugach National Forest, about 16 miles north-northeast of Seward above the Kenai Lake area. Though moderate in elevation, it rises sharply from the landscape, climbing 5,870 feet above Kenai Lake in just 2.6 miles. Water from its slopes drains into Snow River and Victor Creek within the Kenai River basin. Named for the sheep often seen on its mountainside, it received official recognition from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names on November 2, 1910. Its subpolar oceanic climate brings heavy rain and snowfall that sustain small glaciers and nearby Mother Goose Glacier.
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