Brook chain
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 The Brook Range near Galbraith Lake |
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| Highest peak | Mount Chamberlin ( 2749 m ) | |
| location | in northern Alaska , USA ; extreme east in Yukon , Canada | |
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| Coordinates | 68 ° N , 150 ° W | |
 Relief map of the Brook chain |
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Up 2,749 m high Brooks Range ( English Brooks Range [ brʊks ˌreɪndʒ ]) is next to the Alaska Range , the second largest mountain range in Alaska and runs along the 68th latitude from the Bering Sea in the west to the Beaufort Sea in the northeast above the Arctic Circle over 1000 km through Alaska.
At 2,749 m, Mount Chamberlin is the highest elevation in the Brooks range, which covers about a fifth of the state.
The Brooks Range was formed about 90 million years ago when Alaska collided with another continental plate. The mountains protect the interior of Alaska somewhat from the storms that come from the arctic seas every winter.
On the north side is the North Slope , a treeless, flat tundra covered by many lakes that extends to the Arctic coast. On the south side, inland, are the huge river valleys of the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers .
The Brooks Range is divided into the De Long Mountains , Baird Mountains , Schwatka Mountains , Endicott Mountains , Philip Smith Mountains , Eastern Brooks Range and the Colville Area on the Polar Sea.
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literature
- Geographic Society, Alaska; Rennick, Penny: Brooks Range (Alaska Geographic) . Alaska Geographic Society, Anchorage 1996, ISBN 1-56661-032-X (English).
Web links
- Brookskette on Peakbagger.com (English)