Mount Marathon
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Mount Marathon or Marathon Mountain is a mountain two miles west of Seward
in the Kenai Mountains
of Alaska
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The mountain actually derives its name from the ever-popular Mount Marathon Race
held every Fourth of July.
Seward, Alaska
Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016....
in the Kenai Mountains
Kenai Mountains
The Kenai Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend 192 km northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains....
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
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The mountain actually derives its name from the ever-popular Mount Marathon Race
Mount Marathon Race
The Mount Marathon Race is a mountain race that is run every Fourth of July in Seward, Alaska.-Race:The race begins downtown, on Fourth and Jefferson, in front of the First National Bank, and ends a block south of where it began, on Fourth and Adams. The halfway point is a stone marker atop Mount...
held every Fourth of July.