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Mount Robert Barron, a 3,475-foot peak on Admiralty Island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, is the highest point on the Mansfield Peninsula in Tongass National Forest. Though modest by Alaska standards, it rises steeply from the sea, climbing from nearby tidewater in just a few miles. The mountain was named in 1919 for Robert James Barron, whose family helped develop the Funter Bay area. Barron enlisted in the Aviation Service in 1917 and died that August while attempting to rescue two fellow pilots after his plane fell into the Delaware River. His heroism was later honored in both Texas and Alaska.
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Hoonah, Alaska · United States