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Northern Saint Elias Mountains

Range TypeGeographically-defined sub-range
Highest PointMount Lucania (5258+ m/17,251+ ft)
CountriesCanada (68%), United States (32%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/ProvincesYukon Territory (69%), Alaska (31%)
(numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area20,579 sq km / 7,945 sq mi
Area may include lowland areas
Extent156 km / 97 mi North-South
292 km / 182 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long61° 18' N; 140° 26' W
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Map of Northern 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 Northern Saint Elias Mountains.
Saint Elias MountainsLevel 3 (Parent)
         Northern Saint Elias MountainsLevel 4
                 Northwest Saint Elias RangeLevel 5 (Child)
                 Northern Icefield RangesLevel 5 (Child)
                 Centennial RangeLevel 5 (Child)
                 Kluane RangesLevel 5 (Child)
         Southern Icefield RangesLevel 4 (Sibling)
         Fairweather RangeLevel 4 (Sibling)
         Alsek RangesLevel 4 (Sibling)



Major Peaks of the Northern Saint Elias Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
RankPeak NamemftRange5
1.Mount Lucania5258+17,251+Northern Icefield Ranges
2.Mount Steele507316,644Northern Icefield Ranges
3.Mount Bona5029+16,500+Northwest Saint Elias Range
4.Mount Wood4840+15,879+Northern Icefield Ranges
5.Mount Churchill476615,638Northwest Saint Elias Range
6.Mount Slaggard474215,558Northern Icefield Ranges
7.Mount Macaulay4680+15,354+Northern Icefield Ranges
8.Mount Bear452014,831Northwest Saint Elias Range
9.Mount Walsh450614,783Northern Icefield Ranges
10.University Peak441014,470Northwest Saint Elias Range
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 NamemftRange5
1.Mount Lucania5258+17,251+Northern Icefield Ranges
2.Mount Bona5029+16,500+Northwest Saint Elias Range
3.Peak 3933393312,904Centennial Range
4.Mount Cairnes2800+9186+Kluane Ranges



Photos of Peaks in the Northern Saint Elias Mountains

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 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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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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