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Mount Madson, also called Madson Mountain, is a 5,266-foot summit in Alaska’s Kenai Mountains on the Kenai Peninsula, within Chugach National Forest north of Seward. Though modest by Alaska standards, it rises steeply above nearby Crescent and Kenai lakes and drains into the Kenai River basin. The mountain’s name was reported in 1909 by geologists Grant and Higgins and officially adopted in 1910 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. It honors prospector John Madson, who with William Fairman held mineral claims at Quartz Creek northwest of the peak. Its subpolar oceanic climate brings heavy precipitation, long severe winters, and extreme cold.
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Moose Pass, Alaska · United States
