Kuskokwim Mountains
| Kuskokwim Mountains | |
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 Kuskokwim Mountains in Alaska |
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| location | Alaska (USA) |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 0 ′ N , 156 ° 30 ′ W |
The Kuskokwim Mountains are one of the Kuskokwim River named mountain range in southwestern Alaska , west of the Alaska Range . They extend from Canyon Creek and Chikuminuk Lake in the southwest over a length of about 400 km to the Tanana River in the northeast and reach a width of up to 80 km.
The southeastern flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains borders the Kantishna , Kuskokwim, Holitna and Kogrukluk rivers . To the northwest lie the Kaiyuh , Russian and Kilbuck Mountains and the Innoko , Dishna and Iditarod rivers .
The Kuskokwim Mountains were first mentioned in 1898 by Josiah Edward Spurr from the United States Geological Survey , who gave the foothills in the northeast the name "Tanana Hills".
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