Fairweather Range

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Fairweather Range

mountain range, Alaska, United States

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Alaskan mountains
Physiography of the southern ranges
…fault-block mountain system of the Fairweather Range. Its ice-clad summit, only nine miles from the sea, is Mount Fairweather (15,300 feet [4,663 meters]). At the southern end of the range is the Brady Icefield, and east of the range is world-renowned Glacier Bay, with its largely receding tidal glaciers. The…
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…fault-block mountain system of the Fairweather Range. Its ice-clad summit, only nine miles from the sea, is Mount Fairweather (15,300 feet [4,663 meters]). At the southern end of the range is the Brady Icefield, and east of the range is world-renowned Glacier Bay, with its largely receding tidal glaciers. The…
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