Lexic.us

Definition of St. Elias Range

1. Noun. A range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory.

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Elias Range

Literary usage of St. Elias Range

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"North of the point at which Jarvis river enters the St. Elias range, micaceous schists, which are referred to the Kluane series, occur at the base of the ..."

2. A Woman's Trip to Alaska: Being an Account of a Voyage Through the Inland by Septima Maria Levy Collis (1890)
"The wonderful discoveries of Professors Israel C. Russell and Mark B. Kerr during the past summer in their explorations of the Mount St. Elias range, ..."

3. Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1907 by Alfred Hulse Brooks (1908)
"One, skirting the Pacific seaboard, stretches through southeastern Alaska, probably occurs in the St. Elias Range, and has been recognized on lower Copper ..."

4. Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1914)
"In 1896 JE Spurr observed that the glaciers on the south side of the Coast Range were retreating.7 St. Elias Range Glaciers West of Lynn Caned. ..."

5. Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat by Ralph Stockman Tarr, Lawrence Martin, National Geographic Society (U.S.) (1914)
"In 1896 JE Spurr observed that the glaciers on the south side of the Coast Range were retreating.7 St. Elias Range Glaciers West of Lynn Canal. ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1905)
"Until about six years ago the country on this side of the St. Elias range was practically unknown, and it is only since the presence of gold on some of its ..."

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