Kigluaik Mountains
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| Highest peak | Mount Osborn ( 1437 m ) | |
| location | Alaska (USA) | |
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 0 ′ N , 165 ° 20 ′ W | |
The Kigluaik Mountains are a 70 km long and approximately 20 km wide mountain range in the southwest of the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska .
With the 1437 m high Mount Osborn the mountain range has the highest elevation of the Seward Peninsula. The Bendeleben Mountains are about 20 km further east . North of the Kigluaik Mountains lies the Imuruk Basin and east of it the lowlands through which the Kuzitrin River flows. The Pilgrim River flows around the mountains to the east . Its main source river, the Grand Central River , has its source in the eastern part of the Kigluaik Mountains and flows into Salmon Lake . The river valley of the Cobblestone River , which flows north to the Imuruk Basin, divides the mountains into a western and an eastern part. South of the 349 m high Mosquito Pass is the river valley of the Sinuk River , which flows in a south-westerly direction to the sea. To the west of the Kigluaik Mountains is Glacial Lake , which drains south to the Sinuk River.
The mountain name was documented by the US Geological Survey (USGS) in 1900 . The Eskimo name Nahwazuk meaning “ salmon ” was also noted at that time.
