Kigluaik Mountains
| Kigluaik Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Grand Central Valley, Kigluaik Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Osborn |
| Elevation | 4,714 ft (1,437 m) |
| Coordinates | 64°59′32″N 165°19′45″W / 64.99222°N 165.32917°W[1] |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Kiglawait (Inupiaq) |
| Geography | |
  Kigluaik Mountains | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Subdivision | Seward Peninsula |
| Range coordinates | 64°58′35″N 165°21′44″W / 64.97639°N 165.36222°W[2] |
The Kigluaik Mountains (Kiglawait in Inupiaq) are a 42-mile (68 km) mountain chain running east to west on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula.
Its highest point is the summit of Mount Osborn, at 4,714 feet (1,437 meters) above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isolated mountain lakes which have been shown to contain unique subspecies of Arctic char.[3] Located in the Nome Census Area,[2] Kigluaik Mountains are noted as the location of Grand Union Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in western Alaska.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mount Osborn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ a b "Kigluaik Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ Webb, Joseph (2018-01-16). "A Newly Discovered Population of Arctic Char of the Kigluaik Mountains of Alaska". Bureau of Land Management. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ^ Parker E. Calkin, Darrell S. Kaufman, Bruce J. Przybyl, W. Brett Whitford, and Brian J. Peck Glacier Regimes, Periglacial Landforms, and Holocene Climate Change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
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