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Mount Palmer (Alaska)

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Mountain in Alaska, United States For other mountains by this name, see Mount Palmer (disambiguation).
Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer is located in AlaskaMount PalmerMount PalmerMunicipality of Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation6,940 ft (2,115 m)
Coordinates61°19′09″N 148°39′28″W / 61.31917°N 148.65778°W / 61.31917; -148.65778
Geography
LocationMunicipality of Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Parent rangeChugach Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Anchorage B-5
Climbing
First ascent1970 by Grace Hoeman

Mount Palmer is a 6,940-foot (2,115 m) mountain in the Chugach Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located within the Municipality of Anchorage.

It is named in honor of George W. Palmer, a trader who operated a store near this area in the early 1900s.

References

  1. ^ "Mount Palmer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2004-07-09.


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