Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak is a 5,053-foot mountain in the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska. Its north face is extremely steep and is sometimes attempted by mountaineers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Suicide Peaks and South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex.
Suicide Peaks
Peak
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North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex is a 5,065 feet mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park.
South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex
Peak
Photo: Mudflattop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Yuyanq’ Ch’ex is a 5,005-foot mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park. The peak is notable for its graceful pyramidal shape and symmetry with nearby North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex, and as the tallest mountain rising from the North side of Cook Inlet's Turnagain Arm.
McHugh Peak
Peak
McHugh Peak is a 4,308-foot mountain summit located in the western Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality, in the U.S. state of Alaska. McHugh Peak is situated in Chugach State Park, 14 mi southeast of downtown Anchorage, and 5 mi southwest of O'Malley Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Indian.
Indian
Hamlet
Indian is a community in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the middle of the north shore of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. Indian is situated 6 miles southeast of Ptarmigan Peak.
Ptarmigan Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,409 feet
- Description: mountain in Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
61.05896° or 61° 3′ 32″ northLongitude
-149.60419° or 149° 36′ 15″ westElevation
4,409 feet (1,344 metres)Open location code
93HG395W+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 598335487OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Ptarmigan Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ptarmigan Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Alaska, Anchorage Municipality)”
- Cebuano: “Ptarmigan Peak”
- Dutch: “Ptarmigan Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پتارميجان پياك”
- Ladin: “Ptarmigan Peak”
- Urdu: “پرمیگین پیک”
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