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Ellamar Mountain

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29: 144: 324: 137: 310: 268:. When a post office was established for this new mining camp, C. L. Wayland, the first Postal Inspector for the Territory of Alaska and parts of the Pacific Northwest, coined Ellamar from the names of his wife, Ella, and daughter, Margaret. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into 296:), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for viewing and climbing. 524: 93: 453: 419: 504: 256:. The mountain's local name was taken from the copper mining camp of "Ellamar" at the southwest base of the mountain. In turn, Ellamar is a 444: 410: 136: 339: 281: 449: 415: 203: 169: 519: 86: 473:
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zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the
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is a prominent 3,051-foot (930 m) mountain summit located in the
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Isolation
Coordinates
60°54′55″N 146°40′17″W / 60.91528°N 146.67139°W / 60.91528; -146.67139
Ellamar Mountain is located in Alaska
Valdez-Cordova Borough
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Chugach Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Chugach Mountains
U.S. state
Alaska
Cordova
Valdez
Tatitlek
Chugach National Forest
Bligh Reef
Exxon Valdez oil spill
portmanteau
Prince William Sound
Köppen climate classification
subarctic climate
Gulf of Alaska
orographic lift

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