Mount Blackburn

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Mount Blackburn

mountain, Alaska, United States

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Wrangell Mountains
…10,000 feet (3,000 metres), including Mount Blackburn (16,390 feet [4,996 metres]), the highest point in the range, and Mount Sanford (16,237 feet [4,949 metres]). Snowfields drain into glaciers as long as 45 miles (70 km). Most of the summits are extinct volcanoes; Mount Wrangell (14,163 feet [4,317 metres]) was the…
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…10,000 feet (3,000 metres), including Mount Blackburn (16,390 feet [4,996 metres]), the highest point in the range, and Mount Sanford (16,237 feet [4,949 metres]). Snowfields drain into glaciers as long as 45 miles (70 km). Most of the summits are extinct volcanoes; Mount Wrangell (14,163 feet [4,317 metres]) was the…
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