Information About

Spirit Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 19' 35" N,
144 ° 37' 30" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Chitina

Elevation

7201 ft (2194.86 m)

Spirit Mountain in Detail.

About

3.4 mi. SE of junction of Uranalina River with Copper River and 56 mi. NE of Valdez, Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Allen, (1887, p. 46), USA, because "Kawkus, the oldest of the coast natives, informed us that formerly much fire and smoke wer e emitted from the mountain, and that now terrific rumblings were at times heard , all the workings of a Mighty Spirit."

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