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Sentinel Peak (Alaska)

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in Glacier Bay. He so named it because Carroll Glacier is guarded by Sentinel Peak, and a sentinel is a guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. Weather permitting, Sentinel Peak can be seen from
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with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into
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is significant since the mountain rises up from tidewater in less than two miles. The mountain was named in 1892 by
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is a 4,355-foot (1,327-meter) mountain summit located at the head of Glacier Bay's Queen Inlet in
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Mountains of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Coordinates
58°59′34″N 136°33′45″W / 58.99278°N 136.56250°W / 58.99278; -136.56250
Sentinel Peak is located in Alaska
Glacier Bay National Park
Hoonah-Angoon
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Alsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Alsek Ranges
Saint Elias Mountains
Alaska
Carroll Glacier
Juneau
Mount Abdallah
relief
Harry Fielding Reid
American
geophysicist
glaciology
Glacier Bay

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