The Chigmit Mountains are a subrange of the

Aleutian Range The Aleutian Range is a major mountain range located in southwest Alaska. It extends from Chakachamna Lake (80 miles/130 km southwest of Anchorage) to Unimak Island, which is at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. It includes all of the mountain ...

in the

Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghenen'') is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (, ) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan trib ...

and Lake and Peninsula Boroughs of the

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Location

They are located at the northeastern end of the Aleutian range, on the west side of

Cook Inlet Cook Inlet ( tfn, Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: ''Cungaaciq'') stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its so ...

, roughly 120 miles (200 km) southwest of Anchorage. The closest major towns to the range are Kenai and

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, across

on the west side of the

. To the north, the Chigmits are bordered by the

Tordrillo Mountains The Tordrillo Mountains are a small mountain range in the Matanuska-Susitna and Kenai Peninsula Boroughs in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska. They lie approximately 75 miles (120 km) west-northwest of Anchorage. The range ...

, and on the northwest, by the

Neacola Mountains The Neacola Mountains are the northernmost subrange of the Aleutian Range in the U.S. state of Alaska. The range is named for the Neacola River which bounds it to the north and drains the highest and most rugged peaks of the group. They are borde ...

. Cook Inlet marks the eastern boundary of the range, while on the west, the mountains fade out into the hills and lowlands of

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is an American national park in southwest Alaska, about southwest of Anchorage. The park was first proclaimed a national monument in 1978, then established as a national park and preserve in 1980 by the Alas ...

. On the south and southwest, the Chigmits abut the continuation of the Aleutian Range into the Alaska Peninsula.

Geological composition

The Chigmits, along with most of the Aleutian Range, are

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, and include two prominent stratovolcanoes, Redoubt Volcano (10,197 feet/3,108 m), the high point of the Aleutian Range; and

Iliamna Volcano Iliamna Volcano, or Mount Iliamna ( Dena'ina: ''Ch’naqał’in''; Sugpiaq: ''Puyulek''), is a glacier-covered stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range in southwest Alaska. Located in the Chigmit Mountain subrange in Lake Cl ...

(10,016 feet/3,052 m).

References

Gallery

File:Mt Redoubt 2009-04-16 1240010022 ak231.JPG,

Mount Redoubt Redoubt Volcano, or Mount Redoubt ( Dena'ina: ''Bentuggezh K’enulgheli''), is an active stratovolcano in the largely volcanic Aleutian Range of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at the head of the Chigmit Mountains subrange in Lake Clark N ...

(Highest) File:Iliamna Volcano.jpg,

(Second-highest) File:Double Peak, Double Glacier.jpg, Double Peak (Third-highest} File:Black Peak, Chigmits.jpg, Black Peak (Fourth-highest) Aleutian Range Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Mountains of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Mountains of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska {{LakeAndPeninsulaAK-geo-stub