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Mount Doran is a 3,650-foot peak in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains within Chugach National Forest, rising sharply from nearby creek, valley, and tidewater in the rugged coastal terrain. Its steep relief reflects a range pressed close to the Gulf of Alaska, where moist weather brings heavy rain and snow. The mountain was named in 1911 by U.S. Geological Survey official U.S. Grant for Peter A. Doran, captain of the steamer SS George W. Elder, which carried the Harriman Alaska Expedition through the area in 1899. The same harsh, wet climate helps sustain Toboggan Glacier on the mountain’s west slope.
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Whittier, Alaska · United States
