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Definition of Alaska Range
1. Noun. A mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley.
Terms within: Denali, Mckinley, Mount Mckinley, Mt. Mckinley, North Peak
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alaska Range
Literary usage of Alaska Range
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907 by Alfred Hulse Brooks (1908)
"... which form the easterly extension of the Alaska Range. This zone is represented
by isolated stocks, marking one general axis. ..."
2. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Extensive systems of valley glaciers in the Alaska Range Ecoregion. ... The mountains
of south central Alaska, the Alaska Range, are very high and steep. ..."
3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"B. The Central Plateau, including the valleys of the Yukon and Tanana rivers. C.
The Coast Range and Alaska Range along the Pacific coast. ..."
4. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Geography The centerpiece of the park is the Alaska Range. This chain of mountains
divides south-central Alaska from the interior plateau. ..."
5. Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1914)
"The region between Mt. Kimball and Mt. Hayes in the Alaska Range rises to heights
of from 8000 to 13000 feet. It must receive more snowfall than the same ..."
6. Alaska: Its Meaning to the World, Its Resources, Its Opportunities by Charles Richard Tuttle (1914)
"The headwaters of the Copper are separated by the Alaska Range from the valleys of
... by lines across the Alaska Range through Mentasta and Skolai passes. ..."
7. Annual Report on Introduction of Domestic Reindeer Into Alaska by Sheldon Jackson, United States Bureau of Education (1906)
"To get stuck up in those high mountains of the Alaska range, with only provision
enough to the 1st of June, and perhaps the condition of the country on the ..."
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