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Mount Williams (Alaska)

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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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is significant as it rises over 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in less than one mile from the immense Childs Glacier.
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near this mountain in 1909-1910. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1930 by the
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zone, with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Winds coming off the
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Mount Williams (left), seen with Mt. O'Neel, Childs Glacier, and Copper River
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is a 7,200+ ft (2,190+ m) glaciated mountain summit located in the
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Elevation
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
60°43′23″N 144°53′48″W / 60.7230556°N 144.8966667°W / 60.7230556; -144.8966667
Mount Williams is located in Alaska
Chugach National Forest
Valdez-Cordova Borough
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Chugach Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Chugach Mountains
U.S. state
Alaska
Cordova
Mount O'Neel
Chugach National Forest
relief
Lawrence Martin
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
$ 1,500,000 steel bridge
Copper River
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Köppen climate classification
oceanic climate
Gulf of Alaska

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