Chigmit Mountains
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 Mount Redoubt |
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| Highest peak | Mount Redoubt ( 3108 m ) | |
| location | Alaska ( USA ) | |
| part of | Aleutian chain | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 13 ′ N , 153 ° 24 ′ W | |
| surface | 12,300 km² | |
 Lake Clark in the foreground |
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The Chigmit Mountains form a mountain range of the Aleutian Range at the approach of the Alaska Peninsula in southwest Alaska , about 200 km southwest of Anchorage . They rise along the west coast of Cook Inlet and cover an area of approximately 12,300 km² with a length of 220 km in a south-west-northeast direction and a width of 80 km.
To the south the mountain range extends to a line connecting Iliamna Lake and Bruin Bay . In the west, the mountains are separated from the Neacola Mountains further west by the Newhalen River , Lake Clark , Tlikakila River , Blockade Lake and Blockade Glacier .
The highest mountain of the Chigmit Mountains and also of the Aleutian chain is Mount Redoubt with a height of 3108 m .
The Chigmit Mountains, together with the Neacola Mountains, form the link between the Aleutian and Alaska ranges . With Mount Redoubt and Mount Iliamna you have two important stratovolcanoes .
The Lake Clark National Park extends over part of the Chigmit Mountains.
Mountains of the Chigmit Mountains
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