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The Wrangell Mountains are a high mountain range of eastern Alaska in the United States.Much of the range is included in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.The Wrangell Mountains are almost entirely volcanic in origin, and they include the second and third highest volcanoes in the United States, Mount Blackburn and Mount Sanford.
Short title: WRSTmap1; Image title: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve; Author: National Park Service: Keywords: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in south central Alaska.The park, the largest in the United States, covers the Wrangell Mountains and a large portion of the Saint Elias Mountains, which include most of the highest peaks in the United States and Canada, yet are within 10 miles (16 km) of tidewater, one of the highest reliefs in the ...
The largest glacier on Wrangell is Nabesna Glacier, the source of the Nabesna River. [5] Other glaciers on Mount Wrangell include Cheshnina Glacier, Chetaslina Glacier, Chichokna Glacier, Dadina Glacier [6] and Copper Glacier. Wrangell was the first high volcano in the Wrangell range to be climbed. Its summit can be visited by ski-equipped ...
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Mountain peak Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation ... Wrangell Mountains: 16,390 ft 4996 m: 11,640 ft
Interactive map of Tanada Peak: Country: United States: State: Alaska: Census Area: Copper River: Protected area: Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve: Parent range: Wrangell Mountains [2] Topo map: USGS Nabesna B-6: Geology; Rock age: Pleistocene: Mountain type: Eroded shield volcano [5] Rock type: Andesite, Dacite [5] Volcanic ...
Their children, the mountains in between the two peaks, are called Tsalx̱aan Yátxʼi ("Children of Tsalxaan"). European explorers first sighted the mountain on July 16, 1741, with the arrival of the expedition commanded by Vitus Bering, a Danish-born Russian explorer to what is now called Cape Saint Elias. While some historians contend that ...
Elevations of the ecoregion range from sea level (on the western coast) to 600 m in the valleys, to peaks over 4,000 m. Indeed, Denali (Mount McKinley), the highest peak in North America at 6,100 m, is located here, while the St Elias Mountains reach as high as 6000 m and are some of the highest peaks in Canada.