page_title: Tazlina Tower
hierarchical_section_title: Tazlina Tower
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Tazlina Tower from the east (looking west).
context_page_description: Tazlina Tower is an 8,350-foot elevation glaciated summit located 26 mi northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. This remote mountain is situated 5.5 mi southeast of Mount Powder Top, and 5.7 mi northeast of Pilot Peak, near the head of Tazlina Glacier, on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Tazlina Tower was named in association with the glacier, in 1959, by Lawrence E. Nielsen of the Chugach Mountains Expedition, which was sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America. In turn, the glacier, Tazlina Lake, and Tazlina River are traced to the Ahtna language, "tezlina", meaning "swift river." The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
context_section_description: Tazlina Tower is an 8,350-foot (2,545 m) elevation glaciated summit located 26 mi (42 km) northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska. This remote mountain is situated 5.5 mi (9 km) southeast of Mount Powder Top, and 5.7 mi (9 km) northeast of Pilot Peak, near the head of Tazlina Glacier, on land managed by Chugach National Forest. Tazlina Tower was named in association with the glacier, in 1959, by Lawrence E. Nielsen of the Chugach Mountains Expedition, which was sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America. In turn, the glacier, Tazlina Lake, and Tazlina River are traced to the Ahtna language, "tezlina", meaning "swift river." The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1965 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
caption: Aerial view from the west
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