Chigmit Mountains

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The Chigmit Mountains are a rugged subrange of the Alaska Range known for their dramatic volcanic peaks and remote wilderness landscapes in south-central Alaska.

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Chigmit Mountains canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
subrange of the Alaska Range
accessDifficulty remote and difficult to access
administrativeRegion Kenai Peninsula Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough
climate subarctic
contains Mount Iliamna
Mount Redoubt
Mount Spurr
country United States
dominantRockType andesite
basalt
drainageTo Bristol Bay
Cook Inlet
ecoregion Alaska Peninsula montane taiga
geologicalOrigin volcanic arc
hasFeature active stratovolcanoes
glaciated valleys
steep relief
hasGlaciers yes
hasHazard ashfall
lahars
volcanic eruptions
hasVolcanicActivity yes
highestPeak Mount Redoubt
knownFor dramatic volcanic peaks
remote wilderness landscapes
languageOfNameOrigin Dena’ina Athabascan
linked to: Dena’ina people
locatedIn Alaska
locatedInOrNearProtectedArea Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
locatedInRegion south-central Alaska
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
locatedNear Cook Inlet
Lake Clark
locatedOnTectonicBoundary Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary
mountainType volcanic mountains
namedAfter Chigmit Bay
nearbyWaterBody Iliamna Lake
Tuxedni Bay
partOf Alaska Range
Aleutian Range system
linked to: Aleutian Range
popularFor backcountry hiking
mountaineering
wilderness recreation
separates Bristol Bay lowlands
Cook Inlet
terrain rugged
volcanicArcSegmentOf Aleutian volcanic arc

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Mount Iliamna locatedIn Chigmit Mountains