Kenai Mountains
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The Kenai Mountains (Dena'ina: Yaghanen Dghili) are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend 192 km (120 mi) northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains, and have an average elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
The Harding and Sargent Icefields, as well as the many glaciers that emanate from them, originate in the Kenai Mountains.<ref name=":0" /> Several prime fish-producing rivers, including the Kenai River and the Russian River, also flow from the mountains.
The Dena'ina call the mountains Yaghanen Dghili, meaning "good land mountains".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name "Kenai" was first published by Constantin Grewingk in 1849, who obtained his information from I. G. Wosnesenski's account of a voyage to the area in 1842.
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- Turnagain Arm Carpathian Peak Alaska.jpeg
Carpathian Peak seen from Turnagain Arm
- HardingIcefield1.jpg
Skilak Glacier in the Kenai Mountains
- Mount Alice seen from Mount Marathon.jpg
Mount Alice seen from Mount Marathon
- Looking across Portage Lake toward Bard Peak.jpg
Looking across Portage Lake toward Bard Peak
- Wood Bison in Alaska.jpg
Wood Bison grazing near Kenai Mountains
- Kenai River Alaska.jpg
The Kenai Mountains and River
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