Chigmit Mountains

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The Chigmit Mountains are a rugged subrange of the Alaska Range known for their dramatic volcanic peaks and remote wilderness landscapes in south-central Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
subrange of the Alaska Range
accessDifficulty remote and difficult to access
administrativeRegion Kenai Peninsula Borough NERFINISHED
Lake and Peninsula Borough NERFINISHED
climate subarctic
contains Mount Iliamna NERFINISHED
Mount Redoubt NERFINISHED
Mount Spurr NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantRockType andesite
basalt
drainageTo Bristol Bay NERFINISHED
Cook Inlet NERFINISHED
ecoregion Alaska Peninsula montane taiga NERFINISHED
geologicalOrigin volcanic arc
hasFeature active stratovolcanoes
glaciated valleys
steep relief
hasGlaciers yes
hasHazard ashfall
lahars
volcanic eruptions
hasVolcanicActivity yes
highestPeak Mount Redoubt NERFINISHED
knownFor dramatic volcanic peaks
remote wilderness landscapes
languageOfNameOrigin Dena’ina Athabascan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Alaska
locatedInOrNearProtectedArea Lake Clark National Park and Preserve NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion south-central Alaska NERFINISHED
locatedNear Cook Inlet NERFINISHED
Lake Clark NERFINISHED
locatedOnTectonicBoundary Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary NERFINISHED
mountainType volcanic mountains
namedAfter Chigmit Bay NERFINISHED
nearbyWaterBody Iliamna Lake NERFINISHED
Tuxedni Bay NERFINISHED
partOf Alaska Range NERFINISHED
Aleutian Range system NERFINISHED
popularFor backcountry hiking
mountaineering
wilderness recreation
separates Bristol Bay lowlands NERFINISHED
Cook Inlet NERFINISHED
terrain rugged
volcanicArcSegmentOf Aleutian volcanic arc NERFINISHED

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Mount Iliamna locatedIn Chigmit Mountains