Baird Mountains
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.jpg) The Baird Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Mount Angayukaqsraq ( 1433 m ) | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
| part of | Brook chain | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 11 ′ N , 158 ° 9 ′ W | |
 The Squirrel River in front of the Baird Mountains |
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The Baird Mountains are a mountain range of the Brooks Range northeast of Kotzebue Sound in western Alaska . They extend for almost 200 km in an east-west direction between the Noatak and Kobuk Rivers . In the east they border the Schwatka Mountains at Amakomanak Creek and Redstone River . In the north of the mountain range are parts of the Noatak National Preserves , in the east parts of the Kobuk Valley National Park .
The highest peak of the mountain is the Mount Angayukaqsraq with 1433 m .
The mountain range was named in 1886 by Lieutenant GM Stoney of the United States Army after Spencer Fullerton Baird , an American ornithologist and ichthyologist .
Web links
- Baird Mountains on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Baird Mountains in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System