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Lituya Mountain, in Alaska’s Fairweather Range south of Mount Fairweather, is a remote glaciated peak distinguished by its extreme relief rather than its height. Its slopes feed glaciers flowing toward Glacier Bay, Lituya Bay, and the Fairweather Glacier. Difficult access, severe weather, and the prominence of nearby Mount Fairweather have kept it seldom climbed. Published under a Russian form of its name in 1852, the mountain is closely linked to major geologic events at Lituya Bay, including the 1958 earthquake-triggered rockfall that produced the largest recorded tsunami and a huge 2012 landslide at its base that spread across the Johns Hopkins Glacier.
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Elfin Cove, Alaska · United States