Editing Alaska Range (section)

{{short description|North American mountain range}}
{{Infobox mountain
 | name              = Alaska Range
 | photo             = Peaks of the Alaska Range (1).jpg
 | photo_caption     = Mount Hunter, Mount Huntington and other rugged peaks of the Alaska Range near [[Denali]]
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 | country           = United States
 | state             = Alaska
 | parent            = [[American Cordillera]]
 | border            = [[Pacific Coast Ranges]]
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 | highest           = [[Denali]]
 | elevation_ft      = 20310
 | elevation_ref     = <ref name=usgs_hp>{{cite press release | url=https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-elevation-nation%E2%80%99s-highest-peak | publisher=USGS | title= New Elevation for Nation's Highest Peak | first1=Mark|last1=Newell | first2=Blaine|last2=Horner | date=September 2, 2015 |access-date=May 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Denali|63.06909|-151.00626|2023-05-24}}</ref>
 | coordinates       = {{coord|63.0695|N|151.0074|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | coordinates_ref   = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis | id = 1414314 | name = Denali| access-date =2023-05-24}}</ref>
 | listing           = [[List of mountain ranges]]
 | map_image         = Relief map of Alaska Range.png
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 | fetchwikidata     = ALL
}}

The '''Alaska Range''' is a relatively narrow, {{convert|600|mi|km|adj=mid|-long|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[mountain range]] in the [[Southcentral Alaska|southcentral region]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]], from [[Lake Clark]] at its southwest end<ref name="sw_end">Sources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. The [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html Board on Geographic Names] entry is inconsistent; part of it designates [[Iliamna Lake]] as the southwestern end, and part of the entry has the range ending at the Telaquana and Neacola Rivers. Other sources identify Lake Clark, in between those two, as the endpoint. This also means that the status of the [[Neacola Mountains]] is unclear: it is usually identified as the northernmost subrange of the [[Aleutian Range]], but it could also be considered the southernmost part of the Alaska Range.</ref> to the [[White River (Yukon)|White River]] in [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]] in the southeast. [[Denali]], the highest mountain in [[North America]], is in the Alaska Range. The range is part of the [[American Cordillera]].

The Alaska Range is one of the highest mountain ranges in the world, after the [[Himalayas]] and the [[Andes]].