Kuskokwim Mountains
Nowitna River in Kuskokwim Mountains.
Highest point
PeakDillingham High Point
Elevation5,250 ft (1,600 m)[1]
Coordinates60°06′57″N 159°19′27″W / 60.11583°N 159.32417°W / 60.11583; -159.32417[1]
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Range coordinates63°00′00″N 156°30′00″W / 63.00000°N 156.50000°W / 63.00000; -156.50000
Borders onPacific Coast Ranges

The Kuskokwim Mountains is a range of mountains in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States,[2] west of the Alaska Range and southeast of the Yukon River. The Kuskokwim Mountains begin in the interior west of Fairbanks. The mountain range extends from Canyon Creek and Chikuminuk Lake in the southwest over a distance of about 400 km (250 mi) long to the Tanana River in the northeast and reach a width of up to 80 km (50 mi).

The southeast flank of the Kuskokwim Mountains borders the rivers Kantishna, Kuskokwim, Holitna and Kogrukluk. In the northwest lie the Kaiyuh, Russian and Kilbuck Mountains as well as the rivers Innoko, Dishna and Iditarod.

The range takes its name from the Kuskokwim River, which flows through the mountains,[2] as well as Aniak and Nowitna rivers.

Reported and defined in 1898 by Josiah Edward Spurr of the USGS. Spurr applied the name "Tanana Hills" to the low mountains at the northeast end of what are now the Kuskokwim Mountains.[2]

Sub-ranges

Water-worn gold nugget from the Kuskokwim Mountains. Weight: 2.16 troy ounces / 67 grams.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dillingham High Point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kuskokwim Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Eek Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Wood River Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Russian Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kilbuck Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 11, 2016.


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