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Mount Dagelet is a glaciated summit in southeast Alaska's Fairweather Range, within Glacier Bay National Park, rising more than 9,800 feet and standing near Mount Crillon and Mount La Perouse. Its most striking feature is its abrupt relief, climbing from tidewater to summit in less than nine miles and giving the range a steep, dramatic profile. Shaped by glaciers and maritime weather, the area drains into the Gulf of Alaska and has a subarctic climate with heavy precipitation and severe winter cold. William Healey Dall named the mountain in 1874 for French astronomer Joseph Lepaute Dagelet, and the first recorded ascent came on July 29, 1933.
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Elfin Cove, Alaska · United States