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Alsek Ranges

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Buckwell Peak (2721 m/8927 ft)
Countries	Canada (59%), United States (41%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Alaska (41%), British Columbia (38%), Yukon Territory (21%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	17,165 sq km / 6,627 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	286 km / 177 mi North-South 169 km / 105 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	59° 28' N; 136° 32' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Alsek Ranges
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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 Alsek Ranges.

Saint Elias Mountains	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Saint Elias Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Icefield Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Fairweather Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Alsek Ranges	Level 4
Auriol Range	Level 5 (Child)
Central BC Panhandle	Level 5 (Child)
Southwest Alsek Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Eastern Alsek Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Takhinsha Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Chilkat Range	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Alsek Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Buckwell Peak	2721	8927	Eastern Alsek Ranges
2.	Alsek Peak	2720+	8924+	Auriol Range
3.	Basement Peak	2706	8878	Southwest Alsek Ranges
4.	Mount Bigger	2579	8461	Eastern Alsek Ranges
5.	Detour Peak	2550	8366	Central BC Panhandle
6.	Mount Martha Black	2512	8241	Auriol Range
7.	Mount Barnard	2491	8173	Southwest Alsek Ranges
8.	Dalton Peak	2329	7641	Auriol Range
9.	Samuel Peak	2287+	7503+	Eastern Alsek Ranges
10.	Mount Tlingit Ankawoo	2286+	7500+	Takhinsha 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
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Buckwell Peak	2721	8927	Eastern Alsek Ranges
2.	Alsek Peak	2720+	8924+	Auriol Range
3.	Basement Peak	2706	8878	Southwest Alsek Ranges
4.	Detour Peak	2550	8366	Central BC Panhandle
5.	Mount Tlingit Ankawoo	2286+	7500+	Takhinsha Mountains
6.	Mount Young West	1769	5805	Chilkat Range

Photos of Peaks in the Alsek Ranges

Mount Martha Black 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. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Emmerich Mount Emmerich rises above a low cloud layer from the summit of Peak 4800 (2010-07-18). Photo by Ben Still. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kings Throne Peak King's Throne, Yukon, in Canada's remote Kluane National Park (2011-01-03). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.	Three Guardsmen Mountain Three Guardsmen Mountain(aka Glave Peak) photographed looking southbound on the Haines Highway in British Columbia (2018-07-23). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Young West Mount Young West photographed from Ferry traveling northbound in the Lynn Canal, south of Haines, AK (2015-09-26). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount McDonell Mount McDonell(far left) photograph on Haines Highway , southbound, shortly before reaching border crossing between B.C. And USA (2018-07-24). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 5264 Peak 5264 on the Lynn Canal north of Juneau, AK (2018-07-20). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Brock Looking across to the saddle and Mt Brock from the SE before crossing the snow/glacier. (2022-09-11). Photo by Adam DiPietro. Click here for larger-size photo.
Peak 4800 Mount Emmerich rises above a low cloud layer from the summit of Peak 4800 (2010-07-18). Photo by Ben Still. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Golub Mount Golub across Lynn Canal with Vanderbilt Reef in foreground (2018-07-20). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.

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