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Begich Peak

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and two others on October 16, 1972, during an airplane flight from Anchorage to Juneau. Neither the plane's wreckage nor the pilot's and passengers' remains were ever found. The
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is significant as the summit rises approximately 4,400 feet (1,340 m) above Bear Valley in 1.25 miles (2.01 km).
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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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zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Weather systems coming off the
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from the mountain drains into tributaries of Portage Creek and
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The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1976 by the
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Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area
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Turnagain Arm
Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
60°49′22″N 148°49′45″W / 60.82278°N 148.82917°W / 60.82278; -148.82917
Etymology
Nick Begich
Begich Peak is located in Alaska
Municipality of Anchorage
Alaska
Chugach National Forest
Parent range
Chugach Mountains
Topo map
USGS
summit
Chugach Mountains
Anchorage Municipality
U.S. state
Alaska
Chugach National Forest
Portage Lake
Whittier, Alaska
Portage Peak
Boggs Peak
runoff
Twentymile River
Turnagain Arm
Topographic relief

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