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Snowpatch Crag

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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 long, cold, wet winters, and cool summers. Weather systems coming off the
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is a 6,345 ft (1,930 m) elevation glaciated mountain summit located in the
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Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield
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Taku Towers
Emperor Peak
Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
The Snow Towers
Isolation
Coordinates
58°39′06″N 134°29′33″W / 58.65167°N 134.49250°W / 58.65167; -134.49250
Snowpatch Crag is located in Alaska
Tongass National Forest
Juneau Borough
Alaska
United States
Parent range
Coast Mountains
Boundary Ranges
Juneau Icefield
Topo map
USGS
Boundary Ranges
Coast Mountains
U.S. state
Alaska
nunatak
Taku Glacier
Juneau Icefield
Juneau
The Snow Towers

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