Saint Elias Mountains

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The Saint Elias Mountains are a rugged, heavily glaciated mountain range in northwestern North America that includes some of the continent’s highest peaks, such as Mount Logan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountain range
borderRegionBetween Alaska and Yukon
linked to: Yukon Territory
characteristic heavily glaciated
rugged
climate polar (high elevations)
subarctic
contains Bagley Icefield
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Kaskawulsh Glacier
Kluane Icefield
Kluane National Park and Reserve
Logan Glacier
Malaspina Glacier
Mount Augusta
Mount Bona
Mount Cook (Yukon)
Mount Fairweather
Mount Hubbard
Mount Logan
Mount Lucania
Mount Saint Elias
Mount Steele
Mount Vancouver
Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
drainage Alsek River basin
linked to: Alsek River

Copper River basin
linked to: Copper River

Yukon River basin
linked to: Yukon River
extendsInto Alaska
British Columbia
Yukon
formedBy collision of Pacific Plate and North American Plate
geology fold and thrust belt
highestPoint Mount Logan
locatedIn northwestern North America
namedAfter Saint Elias
nearbySea Gulf of Alaska
notableFor extensive icefields
large valley glaciers
some of the highest peaks in North America
orogeny St. Elias orogeny
partOf Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site
North American Cordillera
Pacific Coast Ranges
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

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Yukon Territory mountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Pacific Coast Ranges contains Saint Elias Mountains
Pacific Coast Ranges highestPoint Mount Logan region (within Saint Elias Mountains)
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Fairweather partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Fairweather range Saint Elias Mountains
Alsek River sourceRegion Saint Elias Mountains
Wrangell Mountains adjacentTo Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane National Park and Reserve mountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) mountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) secondHighestIn Saint Elias Mountains
Malaspina Glacier (portion) drainsFrom St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Vancouver locatedInMountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Vancouver partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Logan locatedInMountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Logan partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Johns Hopkins Glacier partOf St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Johns Hopkins Glacier flowsFrom St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Bering Glacier partOf St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Bering Glacier flowsFrom St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Haines Junction, Yukon nearMountainRange St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
eastern Alaska contains Saint Elias Mountains (eastern portion)
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Mount Fairweather locatedIn Saint Elias Mountains
subject linked to: Andrew Taylor
Fairweather Range partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Tsalxhaan partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Tsalxhaan isMajorPeakOf Saint Elias Mountains
Coastal mountain glaciers of Alaska flowFrom St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve river system hasSourceRegion St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane Icefield locatedIn St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Hubbard Glacier region partOf Saint Elias Mountains
St. Elias Mountains glacial system locatedIn St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane Lake near St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane Lake locatedInMountainSystem St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Mount St. Elias (Canadian portion) partOf Saint Elias Mountains (Canadian portion)
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Mount St. Elias (Canadian portion) range Saint Elias Mountains
Malaspina Glacier partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Malaspina Glacier flowsFrom Saint Elias Mountains
Hubbard Glacier partOf Saint Elias Mountains
Dezadeash River sourceRegion St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Kaskawulsh River sourceLocation Saint Elias Mountains
Kaskawulsh River mountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Good Neighbor Peak locatedInMountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Good Neighbor Peak partOf Saint Elias Mountains
King Trench route mountainRange Saint Elias Mountains
Alaska–Yukon border passesNear Saint Elias Mountains
Escape from Lucania setInLocation St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains
Glacier Bay icefield system adjacentTo St. Elias Mountains
linked to: Saint Elias Mountains