Saint Elias Mountains

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geographical region mountain range

The Saint Elias Mountains are a rugged, heavily glaciated mountain range in northwestern North America that includes some of the continent’s highest peaks, such as Mount Logan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Elias Mountains canonical	13
St. Elias Mountains	5
Mount Logan region (within Saint Elias Mountains)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
borderRegionBetween	Yukon Territory ⓘ surface form: Alaska and Yukon
characteristic	heavily glaciated ⓘ rugged ⓘ
climate	polar (high elevations) ⓘ subarctic ⓘ
contains	Bagley Icefield ⓘ Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve ⓘ Kaskawulsh Glacier ⓘ Kluane Icefield ⓘ Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ Logan Glacier ⓘ Malaspina Glacier ⓘ Mount Augusta ⓘ Mount Bona ⓘ Mount Cook (Yukon) ⓘ Mount Fairweather NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Hubbard ⓘ Mount Logan ⓘ Mount Lucania ⓘ Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) ⓘ surface form: Mount Saint Elias Mount Steele ⓘ Mount Vancouver ⓘ Tatshenshini-Alsek Park ⓘ Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
drainage	Alsek River ⓘ surface form: Alsek River basin Copper River ⓘ surface form: Copper River basin Yukon River ⓘ surface form: Yukon River basin
extendsInto	Alaska ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
formedBy	collision of Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
geology	fold and thrust belt ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Logan ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Elias ⓘ
nearbySea	Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
notableFor	extensive icefields ⓘ large valley glaciers ⓘ some of the highest peaks in North America ⓘ
orogeny	St. Elias orogeny ⓘ
partOf	Kluane National Park and Reserve ⓘ surface form: Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site North American Cordillera ⓘ Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext	Wrangell–St. Elias–Kluane–Tatshenshini-Alsek transboundary icefield complex ⓘ surface form: Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukon Territory → mountainRange → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Pacific Coast Ranges → contains → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Pacific Coast Ranges → highestPoint → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Logan region (within Saint Elias Mountains)

Mount Fairweather → partOf → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Mount Fairweather → range → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Alsek River → sourceRegion → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Wrangell Mountains → adjacentTo → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Kluane National Park and Reserve → mountainRange → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) → mountainRange → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Mount St. Elias (U.S. portion) → secondHighestIn → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ

Malaspina Glacier (portion) → drainsFrom → Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ