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Mount Siegfried

Mount Siegfried

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Matanuska-Susitna
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 8563 ft (2610 m)
About

In the Chugach Mountains, near head of Tarr Glacier, 4 mi NE of Mount Valhalla and 38 mi NW of Valdez.

History of Mount Siegfried

Named in 1957 for "Siegfried, a figure from the Heroic literature of the ancient Teutons" by members of the Chugach Mountains Expedition sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America (Nielsen, 1963, p. 135).