Kigluaik Mountains

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The Kigluaik Mountains are a forty-two mile mountain chain running east to west on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. It's highest point is the summit of Mount Osborn, at 4,714 feet (1437 meters) above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isolated mountain lakes which have been shown to contain unique subspecies of Arctic char [1]. The Kigluaik Mountains are noted as the location of Grand Union Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in western Alaska [2].

A view of the northern slope of the Kigluaik Mountains. This photo was taken in June of 2006.
A view of the northern slope of the Kigluaik Mountains. This photo was taken in June of 2006.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Webb, Joeseph, A Newly Discovered Population of Arctic Char of the Kigluaik Mountains of Alaska, BLM-NSTC
  2. ^ Parker E. Calkin, Darrell S. Kaufman, Bruce J. Przybyl, W. Brett Whitford, and Brian J. Peck Glacier Regimes, Periglacial Landforms, and Holocene Climate Change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
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