Saint Elias Mountains

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The Saint Elias Mountains is a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges located in southeastern Alaska (United States), southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia (Canada). The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the USA and Kluane National Park and Reserve in Canada and includes all of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska.

The highest mountains of the range include:

Mountain	Height		Location	Notes
	m	ft
Mount Logan	5,959	19,550	Yukon	Highest mountain in Canada
Mount Saint Elias	5,489	18,008	Alaska-Yukon	Second highest in both Canada and the United States
Mount Lucania	5,226	17,147	Yukon	#3 in Canada
King Peak	5,173	16,971	Yukon	#4 in Canada
Mount Steele	5,073	16,644	Yukon	#5 in Canada
Mount Bona	5,005	16,421	Alaska	#5 in the United States
Mount Wood	4,842	15,885	Yukon
Mount Vancouver	4,812	15,787	Yukon
Mount Churchill	4,766	15,638	Alaska
Mount Slaggard	4,742	15,557	Yukon
Mount Macaulay	4,690	15,387	Yukon
Mount Fairweather	4,671	15,325	BC-Alaska	#1 in BC[1]
Mount Hubbard	4,577	15,015	Yukon
Mount Bear	4,520	14,831	Alaska
Mount Walsh	4,507	14,787	Yukon
Mount Alverstone	4,439	14,565	Alaska-Yukon
University Peak	4,410	14,470	Alaska
McArthur Peak	4,389	14,400	Yukon
Mount Augusta	4,289	14,070	Alaska-Yukon
Mount Cook	4,196	13,766	Alaska-Yukon

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1. ^ Mount Fairweather is only partly in British Columbia. The highest peak entirely within British Columbia is Mount Waddington in the Coast Range, 4019 m (13186 ft).

Coordinates: 60°30′N 139°30′W