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Mount Skarland is a glaciated summit in Alaska’s Hayes Range, rising steeply above the Hayes Glacier in a remote tundra landscape shaped by severe winters and surrounding icefields. Its waters drain through Hayes and Whistler creeks into the Little Delta and Tanana rivers. The mountain was named for anthropologist and archaeologist Dr. Ivar Skarland, whose pioneering work extended across much of Alaska; the name was proposed by Troy L. Péwé and officially adopted in 1965. Nearby peaks also honor other prominent Alaskan researchers and explorers. The first recorded ascent came on April 19, 1970, by Theodore Nicolai, Ed Johann, Terry Simonitch, and Price Zimmermann via the Northeast Ridge.
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