Earth:Mount Palmer (Alaska)

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Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer is located in Alaska
Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer
Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation6,940 ft (2,115 m) [1]
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 61°19′09″N 148°39′28″W / 61.31917°N 148.65778°W / 61.31917; -148.65778[1]
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.

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