The Delta Mountains or Delta Range are a subrange of the

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBoar ...

, forming its eastern terminus. The mountains extend about from east to west, to the south of the

Tanana River The Tanana River (Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: ''Tth’iitu’ Niign'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) ...

Valley, west of the

Nebesna River The Nabesna River (''Naambia Niign'' in Upper Tanana) is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning at Nabesna Glacier in the Alaska Range, it flows north-northeast from Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve ...

and northwest of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the

Copper River Copper River may refer to several places: *Copper River (Alaska), in the United States * Copper River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Skeena River The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (afte ...

, and cover an area of . The highest point of the range is Mount Kimball, at . The

Delta River The Delta River is an tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its name in the Ahtna language is ''Saas Na’ ''. Fed by the Tangle Lakes of the Alaska Range, the river flows north to meet the larger river near Big Delta ...

originates on the south side of the range, near Paxson, and flows north ''through'' the mountains (between the Delta Mountains and the

Hayes Range The Hayes Range is a part of the Alaska Range in Denali and the census area of Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska in the United States. The mountains are located to the east of Denali National Park and are located west of the Delta Mountains, from which ...

, to the west) to join the Tanana River. It has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River since 1980.

References

Alaska Range Landforms of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{SoutheastFairbanksAK-geo-stub