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{{Infobox mountain
| name=Alsek Ranges
| photo=Mount Abdallah in Alaska.jpg
| photo_caption=[[Mount Abdallah]] in Glacier Bay
| country= {{enum|Canada|United States}}
| subdivision1_type= Provinces/States
| subdivision1= {{enum|[[British Columbia]]|[[Yukon]]|[[Alaska]]}}
| parent= Saint Elias Mountains
| area_km2=33131
| borders_on= Fairweather Range
| range_coordinates= 
| length_mi=
| length_orientation=
| width_mi= 
| width_orientation=
| highest=Buckwell Peak
| elevation_m=2721
| coordinates= {{coord|59|25|07|N|136|45|55|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ref=<ref name=cme>{{cite bivouac|9099|Buckwell Peak}} (name is unofficial)</ref>
| map=Canada British Columbia
| map_caption=Location map of the Alsek Ranges
}}
The '''Alsek Ranges''' are the southeasternmost subdivision of the [[Saint Elias Mountains]] of the [[Pacific Cordillera]].  They span the region between the [[Alsek River]], [[Glacier Bay]] and the [[Kelsall River]] (which is the route of the highway from [[Haines, Alaska]] to [[Haines Junction, Yukon]]).  Their western boundary is the Grand Pacific Glacier, beyond which is the [[Fairweather Range]], another subdivision of the St. Elias Mountains.  To their east is the northernmost section of the [[Boundary Ranges]], the northernmost subdivision of the [[Coast Mountains]] and which are also known as the Alaska Boundary Range, and which run south to the [[Nass River]] and form, as their name indicates, the spine of the boundary between the [[United States|American state]] of [[Alaska]] and the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]].

All of the British Columbia portion of the Alsek Ranges are in the [[Tatshenshini-Alsek Park]], but is also the location of the controversial [[Windy Craggy Mine]] proposal.  Most of the Alaskan portion between the [[Lynn Canal]] and Glacier Bay is part of [[Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve]], and most of the Yukon portion is in [[Kluane National Park and Reserve]].

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite bcgnis|12602|Alsek Ranges}}

[[Category:Landforms of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mountains of Haines Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Saint Elias Mountains|+]]


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