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Mount Palmer, Alaska

Prominence: 840 ft, 256 m

Elevation: 6940 feet, 2115 meters

True Isolation: 1.08 mi, 1.73 km

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	61° 19' 8'' N, 148° 39' 33'' W 61.31897, -148.659129 (Dec Deg) 411173 E 6799445 N, Zone 6 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Alaska
County/Second Level Region	Anchorage
City/Town	Anchorage
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 4 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 3) Selected Trip Reports: 2020-05-29 by Brendan Lee
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Mt Palmer looking stunning in the morning as we approached from the NW. We climbed the left skyline ridge. (2020-05-29). Photo by Brendan Lee. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 840 ft/256 m Optimistic Prominence: 940 ft/286 m Key Col: 6100 ft/1859 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.08 mi/1.73 km Isolation Limit Point: 61.3342, -148.6525 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mountaineers Peak (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Alaska-Yukon Ranges Range3: South-Central Alaska Range4: Chugach Mountains Range5: Western Chugach Mountains
Drainage Basins	Matanuska Cook Inlet Gulf of Alaska Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Chugach National Forest
Topo Map	Anchorage B-5 I61148c5 1:63,360
Data Source	1:62,500 Topographic Survey Map
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Summit views from Mt Palmer. Knik Glacier and Inner Lake George views are spectacular. Grace Homan, who FA'd Mt Palmer in Oct 1970 described the views as "a truly magnificent sight" (2020-05-29). Photo by Brendan Lee.
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