Mount Marathon

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Mount Marathon
Mount Marathon Location in Alaska
Elevation	4,124 ft (1,257 m)^[1]
Location
Location	Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Range	Kenai Mountains
Coordinates	60°06′55″N 149°30′15″W / 60.11528°N 149.50417°W / 60.11528; -149.50417Coordinates: 60°06′55″N 149°30′15″W / 60.11528°N 149.50417°W / 60.11528; -149.50417^[1]
Topo map	USGS Seward A-7
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	Scramble

Mount Marathon or Marathon Mountain is a mountain directly west of Seward in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska.

The mountain actually derives its name from the ever-popular Mount Marathon Race held every Fourth of July.^[1]

References

v t e Seward, Alaska

Historic sites	Ballaine House Brown & Hawkins Store Lowell Creek Diversion Tunnel Government Cable Office Hoben Park Jesse Lee Home for Children St. Peter's Episcopal Church Seward Depot Swetmann House Van Gilder Hotel

Geography	Bear Creek Exit Glacier 1964 Alaska earthquake Kenai Fjords National Park Lowell Point Mount Marathon Resurrection Bay

Transportation	Alaska Marine Highway Alaska Railroad Seward Airport Seward Highway

Other	Mount Marathon Race Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska Vocational Technical Center Spring Creek Correctional Center

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