Saint Elias Mountains

Saint Elias Mountains
Range
Mt. Saint Elias
Countries	United States, Canada
Regions	Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia
Part of	Pacific Coast Ranges
Borders on	Wrangell Mountains
Highest point	Mount Logan
- elevation	5,959 m (19,551 ft)
- coordinates	60°34′02″N 140°24′10″W / 60.56722°N 140.40278°W / 60.56722; -140.40278
Length	300 mi (480 km)
Width	90 mi (140 km)
Area	112,509 km2 (43,440 sq mi)
Saint Elias Mountains, east of the Wrangell Mountains

The Saint Elias Mountains are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the USA and Kluane National Park and Reserve in Canada and includes all of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. In Alaska, the range includes parts of the city/borough of Yakutat and the Hoonah-Angoon and Valdez-Cordova census areas.^[1]

Geology

Although most of the range is non-volcanic, portions at the western end near the Wrangell Mountains are volcanic. This region includes two major stratovolcanoes, Mount Churchill and Mount Bona, the latter being the highest volcano in the United States. West of the Saint Elias Mountains is the still-active Fairweather Fault, which is the northward extension of the Queen Charlotte Fault. The St. Elias range is a result of 10 million years of the North American tectonic plate pushing material up as it overrides the Pacific plate, then the material being worn down by glaciers.^[2]

Highest mountains

The highest mountains of the range include:

Notes

References

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• Winkler, Gary R. (2000). A Geologic Guide to Wrangell—Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska: A Tectonic Collage of Northbound Terranes. USGS Professional Paper 1616. ISBN 0-607-92676-7. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1616/. 
• Richter, Donald H.; Cindi C. Preller, Keith A. Labay, and Nora B. Shew (2006). Geologic Map of the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 2877. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2877/. 
• Wood, Charles A.; Jürgen Kienle, eds. (1990). Volcanoes of North America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43811-X. 
• Saint Elias Mountains in the BC Geographical Names Information System

Coordinates: 60°30′N 139°30′W / 60.5°N 139.5°W / 60.5; -139.5

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