The Kigluaik Mountains (''Kiglawait'' in
Inupiaq) are a mountain chain running east to west on western
Alaska
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's
Seward Peninsula
The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi ...
.
Its highest point is the summit of
Mount Osborn, at above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isolated mountain lakes which have been shown to contain unique subspecies of
Arctic char
The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes, as well as Arctic and subarctic coastal waters in the Holarctic realm, Holarctic.
Distribution and habitat
It Spaw ...
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Located in the
Nome Census Area,
Kigluaik Mountains are noted as the location of
Grand Union Glacier, the only remaining active
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
in western Alaska.
[Parker E. Calkin, Darrell S. Kaufman, Bruce J. Przybyl, W. Brett Whitford, and Brian J. Pec]
Glacier Regimes, Periglacial Landforms, and Holocene Climate Change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
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References
Landforms of the Seward Peninsula
Mountain ranges of Alaska
Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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