| Alaska Range | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Mount Hunter, Mount Huntington and other rugged peaks of the Alaska Range near Denali | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Denali |
| Elevation | 20,310 ft (6,190 m)[1][2] |
| Listing | List of mountain ranges |
| Coordinates | 63°04′10″N 151°00′27″W / 63.0695°N 151.0074°W[3] |
| Geography | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Parent range | American Cordillera |
| Borders on | Pacific Coast Ranges |
The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end[4] to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast. Denali, the highest mountain in North America, is in the Alaska Range. The range is part of the American Cordillera.
The Alaska Range is one of the higher ranges in the world after the Himalayas and the Andes.
- ^ Newell, Mark; Horner, Blaine (September 2, 2015). "New Elevation for Nation's Highest Peak" (Press release). USGS. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ "Topographic map of Denali". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Denali". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ Sources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. The Board on Geographic Names entry is inconsistent; part of it designates Iliamna Lake as the southwestern end, and part of the entry has the range ending at the Telaquana and Neacola Rivers. Other sources identify Lake Clark, in between those two, as the endpoint. This also means that the status of the Neacola Mountains is unclear: it is usually identified as the northernmost subrange of the Aleutian Range, but it could also be considered the southernmost part of the Alaska Range.