Alaska chain
| Alaska chain | |
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 Alaska chain (highlighted in red) |
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| Highest peak | Denali (Mount McKinley) ( 6168 m ) |
| location | Alaska , USA |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 4 ′ N , 151 ° 0 ′ W |
The Alaska Range ( English Alaska Range ) is the southern main chain of the Cordilleras in Alaska . It forms an arc of the Alaska Peninsula in the southwest, where she studied with the Chigmit Mountains in the Aleutian Range ( English Aleutian Range ) passes, to about the border to Canadian territory Yukon in the East, where they face the Wrangell Mountains to the North American Coast Mountains belonging to the Elias range .
The mountain range, the highest mountain of which is the 6168 m high Denali (Mount McKinley) , also forms the continental divide between the Bering Sea in the northwest and the Gulf of Alaska in the south.
Subordinate mountain ranges of the Alaska range are the West Alaska Range with the 2996 m high Mount Hesperus , the Tordrillo Mountains with the 3479 m high Mount Torbert , the West-Central Alaska Range with the Denali, the Hayes Range with the 4216 m high Mount Hayes and the Delta Range with the 3139 m high Mount Kimball . In the northeast, the mountain groups of the Mentasta Mountains and Nutzotin Mountains are added to the Alaska range .
There are numerous nature reserves in the Alaska range , especially the Denali National Park in the northwest, which has existed since 1917, and the 16,000 km² Lake Clark National Park in the southwest, established in 1980 . Located on the southeastern edge of the Alaska Wrangell-St Elias National Park , together with the Canadian Kluane National Park for World Heritage of UNESCO belongs is largely attributed to the Saint Elias Mountains.
| rank | summit | Sea level | Notch height | Dominance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denali | 6168 m | 6118 m | 7450 km |
| 2 | Mount Foraker | 5304 m | 2195 m | 23 km |
| 3 | Peak 15800 | 4816 m | 61 m | 1 km |
| 4th | East Buttress | 4459 m | 161 m | 2 km |
| 5 | Mount Hunter | 4442 m | 1409 m | 11 km |
| 6th | Mount Hayes | 4216 m | 3500 m | 205 km |
| 7th | Kahiltna Peaks -East | 4097 m | 452 m | 5 km |
| 8th | Mount Hunter -Middle Peak | 4084 m | 152 m | 1 km |
| 9 | The Fin | 4054 m | 153 m | 5 km |
| 10 | Mount Silverthrone | 4029 m | 987 m | 13 km |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce F. Molnia: Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World: Alaska - US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386-K (PDF, 14.4 MB) United States Geological Survey. 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ↑ Alaska chain on Peakbagger.com (English)
