Talkeetna Mountains

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Talkeetna Mountains
Talkeetna Mountains (outlined in red)

Talkeetna Mountains (outlined in red)

Highest peak Sovereign Mountain ( 2697  m )
location Alaska (USA)
Talkeetna Mountains (Alaska)
Talkeetna Mountains
Coordinates 62 ° 14 ′  N , 148 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 62 ° 14 ′  N , 148 ° 40 ′  W
surface 26,537 km²
West flank of the Talkeetna Mountains

West flank of the Talkeetna Mountains

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The Talkeetna Mountains are a mountain range of the North American Coast Mountains in the South Central region of the US state Alaska . They lie north of Anchorage between the Chugach Mountains in the east and the Alaska range that encloses them in a semi-arc to the northwest .

The Susitna flows west of the Talkeetna Mountains and the Matanuska River south-east . They extend 178 kilometers north-south and 278 kilometers east-west and cover an area of ​​26,537 km². The highest mountain is the Sovereign Mountain at 2,697 meters. In the southwest of the Talkeetna Mountains , a road runs over Hatcher Pass .

The Talkeetna Mountains are largely state-owned and are administered, among others, by the Department of Natural Resources .

Mountains of the Talkeetna Mountains

  • Sovereign Mountain ( 2697  m )
  • Mount Monarch ( 2167  m )
  • Gunsight Mountain ( 1963  m )
  • Mount Watana ( 1907  m )
  • Twin Hills ( 1737  m )
  • Syncline Mountain ( 1668  m )

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