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Saint Elias Mountains

Range TypeMountain range with well-recognized name
Highest PointMount Logan (5959 m/19,551 ft)
CountriesCanada (50%), United States (50%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/ProvincesAlaska (50%), Yukon Territory (37%), British Columbia (13%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area76,947 sq km / 29,709 sq mi
Area may include lowland areas
Extent424 km / 263 mi North-South
451 km / 280 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long60° 6' N; 139° 6' W
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Map of Saint Elias Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Saint Elias Mountains.
Alaska-Yukon RangesLevel 2 (Parent)
         Brooks RangeLevel 3 (Sibling)
         Alaska Intermountain RangesLevel 3 (Sibling)
         Alaska RangeLevel 3 (Sibling)
         Aleutian RangesLevel 3 (Sibling)
         South-Central AlaskaLevel 3 (Sibling)
         Saint Elias MountainsLevel 3
                 Northern Saint Elias MountainsLevel 4 (Child)
                 Southern Icefield RangesLevel 4 (Child)
                 Fairweather RangeLevel 4 (Child)
                 Alsek RangesLevel 4 (Child)
         Yukon Intermountain RangesLevel 3 (Sibling)
         Mackenzie MountainsLevel 3 (Sibling)



Major Peaks of the Saint Elias Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
RankPeak NamemftRange4
1.Mount Logan595919,551Southern Icefield Ranges
2.Mount Saint Elias548918,008Southern Icefield Ranges
3.Mount Lucania5258+17,251+Northern Saint Elias Mountains
4.King Peak517316,972Southern Icefield Ranges
5.Mount Steele507316,644Northern Saint Elias Mountains
6.Mount Bona5029+16,500+Northern Saint Elias Mountains
7.Mount Wood4840+15,879+Northern Saint Elias Mountains
8.Mount Vancouver481215,787Southern Icefield Ranges
9.Mount Churchill476615,638Northern Saint Elias Mountains
10.Mount Slaggard474215,558Northern Saint Elias Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.
Child Range High Points
RankPeak NamemftRange4
1.Mount Logan595919,551Southern Icefield Ranges
2.Mount Lucania5258+17,251+Northern Saint Elias Mountains
3.Mount Fairweather467115,325Fairweather Range
4.Buckwell Peak27218927Alsek Ranges



Photos of Peaks in the Saint Elias Mountains

Mount Fairweather
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Mount Fairweather and its west peak from the landing spot on the Grand Plateau Glacier (2008-06-11).
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Tressider Peak
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On top of Medlicott Dome with Tenaya Lake (R) and Tressider Peak (L) (2016-08-12).
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Mount Cairnes
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Mount Cairnes is a massive, glaciated mountain that dominates the Kluane front ranges, en route to Kluane Lake (2015-07-20). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Mount Archibald
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Overall view of the front ranges of Kluane, from near Haines Junction. Mount Archibald (2588m) is the tall glaciated peak on the left. Mount Decoeli (2321m) is on the very right (2015-07-21). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Mount Martha Black
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A panorama of the Auriol Range, sub-set of the St. Elias Mountains in the Yukon. Mount Martha Black is the peak on centre-right, with glaciated top. Also visible is Quill Peak, on the very left (2015-07-22). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Mount Decoeli
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Mount Decoeli, seen from the Bear Creek approach. The scrambling route goes up slopes just hidden by the left-hand ridge and up the summit pyramid (2015-07-19). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Observation Mountain
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Observation Mountain on left edge of frame. From Vulcan (1992-06). Photo by R Scott.
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Mount Emmerich
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Mount Emmerich rises above a low cloud layer from the summit of Peak 4800 (2010-07-18). Photo by Ben Still.
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Kings Throne Peak
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King's Throne, Yukon, in Canada's remote Kluane National Park (2011-01-03). Photo by Jan Triska.
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Sheep Mountain
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Sheep SW1 - Sheep Mtn - Sheep N1 (left to center). The more distant peak on right is Williscoft Pk. From Alaska Hwy (2014-09-04). Photo by Richard Hensley.
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