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The name eventually became "Alaska Range" through local use. In 1849 Constantin Grewingk applied the name "Tschigmit" to this mountain range. A map made by the United States General Land Office in 1869 calls the southwestern part of the Alaska Range the "Chigmit Mountains" and the northeastern part the "Beaver Mountains". [5]
Of the 100 highest major summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), 23 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 61 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), and 92 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) elevation.
The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about 250 miles (402 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnagain Arms of the Cook Inlet on the west to Bering Glacier , Tana Glacier ...
Mountain range Elevation Location of lowest point Minimum elevation Vertical relief; 1 Denali: Denali: Alaska Range: 20,310 feet (6,190 m) Yentna River [1] 240 feet (73 m) 20,070 feet (6,120 m) 2 Wrangell-St. Elias: Mount Saint Elias: Saint Elias Mountains: 18,008 feet (5,489 m) Gulf of Alaska: 0 feet (0 m) 18,008 feet (5,489 m) 3 Glacier Bay
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its ... Map this section's coordinates ... Alaska Alaska Range: 5304 m 17,400 ...
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its ... Map this section's coordinates ... Alaska: Alaska Range: 3479 m 11,413 ...
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.
Mount Johnson is an 8,400+ ft (2,560+ m) mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, United States.It is situated on the west side of the Ruth Gorge, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Denali and six miles (9.7 km) south-southwest of The Moose's Tooth.