York Mountains

Coordinates: 65°29′40″N 167°14′16″W / 65.4944444°N 167.2377778°W / 65.4944444; -167.2377778
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York Mountains
Highest point
Elevation1,887 feet (575 m)[1]
Coordinates65°29′40″N 167°14′16″W / 65.4944444°N 167.2377778°W / 65.4944444; -167.2377778, 65°30′35″N 167°17′33″W / 65.5097222°N 167.2925000°W / 65.5097222; -167.2925000, 65°30′47″N 167°30′13″W / 65.5130556°N 167.5036111°W / 65.5130556; -167.5036111[1]
Geography
York Mountains is located in Alaska
York Mountains
York Mountains
Location of York Mountains within Alaska
York Mountains is located in Arctic
York Mountains
York Mountains
York Mountains (Arctic)
LocationNome Census Area, Alaska, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Teller B-5 NE, Teller C-5 SW, Teller C-6 SE

York Mountains are located on the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend inland from the Bering Sea to the rocky cape of the same name. On the seaward sides, the streams have incised canyon-like valleys. Eastward, the York Mountains are extended by the highlands lying north of Port Clarence. Their western flanks fall off rather abruptly to the York PIateau. The general aspect of these mountains is rugged.[2] The York Mountains and several other highland masses form isolated groups in the northern half of the peninsula, while in the southern half of the peninsula, the Kigluaik, Bendeleben, and Darby mountains form a broken range along a crescentic axis.[3]

References[edit]

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: U.S. Geological Survey's "Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900" (1901)
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: United States. Congress' "Congressional edition" (1908)
  1. ^ a b "York Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Geological Survey (U.S.); Alfred Hulse Brooks; Arthur James Collier; Walter Curran Mendenhall; George Burr Richardson (1901). Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900. Government Printing Office. pp. 52. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ^ United States. Congress (1908). Congressional edition (Public domain ed.). U.S. G.P.O. pp. 42–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.