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Kenai Mountains
mountains, Alaska, United States
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- In Alaskan mountains
…southern coast lie in the Kenai and Chugach mountains. Those heavily glaciated ranges border the Gulf of Alaska, the Chugach Mountains adjoining, to the south and east, the St. Elias Mountains at the Canadian border. The St. Elias Mountains, in turn, merge to the southeast into the mountains of the…
Read More - In Alaskan mountains: Physiography of the southern ranges
The average elevation of the Kenai Mountains is 3,000 to 5,000 feet (900 to 1,500 metres), whereas the Chugach group to the north and east average 7,000 to 8,000 feet (2,100 to 2,400 metres). The highest peaks are in the sharp bend of the arc, where Mount Marcus Baker rises…
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