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Mount Benson is a 4,465-foot peak in the Kenai Mountains of southern Alaska, rising in Chugach National Forest above the Resurrection River and Resurrection Bay near Seward. Once called Iron Mountain, it was officially renamed in 1974 to honor Benny Benson, the Seward student who designed Alaska’s flag in 1927 at age 13. The mountain’s name ties the landscape above Seward to one of the state’s enduring symbols. In a subarctic climate, it has long, cold, snowy winters, mild summers, severe wind chill, and lower slopes covered with spruce and hemlock forest.
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Seward, Alaska · United States
