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Sheep Mountain is located on the Kenai Peninsula on land managed by Chugach National Forest. [2] It is set 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of the city of Seward in the Kenai Mountains . Although modest in elevation, topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,870 feet (1,789 meters) above Kenai Lake in 2.6 miles (4.2 km).
The park covers an area of 669,984 acres (1,046.9 sq mi; 2,711.3 km 2) [1] on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, west of the town of Seward. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States, and is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.
Kenai Mountains as seen over Turnagain Arm. Kenai Mountains – Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The heritage area extends across the northern part of the Kenai Peninsula, immediately to the north and east of Kenai Fjords National Park. The designation recognizes ...
Captain Cook State Recreation Area is a park on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. [3] It is located on the shores of Cook Inlet at the northern terminus of the Kenai Spur Highway , about 25 miles (40 km) north of Kenai and 14 miles (23 km) north of Nikiski .
Time lapse video and photos of the March 27, 2009, eruption, taken from Ninilchik Archived June 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine BBC page with footage and links to other pages on the volcano Large-format photo essay of the Mount Redoubt eruption from "The Big Picture" blog on Boston.com.
The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.The name Kenai (/ ˈ k iː n aɪ /, KEE-ny) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan tribe, the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina ("People along the Kahtnu (Kenai River)"), who historically inhabited the area. [1]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Paradise Peak is located in a tundra climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Kenai Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.
The Kenai Mountains (Dena'ina: Yaghanen Dghili) are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend 192 km (120 mi) northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains , and have an average elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.