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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[1]
The Harding and Sargent Icefields, as well as the many glaciers that emanate from them, originate in the Kenai Mountains.[1] 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".[2] 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.
Gallery
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Carpathian Peak seen from Turnagain Arm
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Skilak Glacier in the Kenai Mountains
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Mount Alice seen from Mount Marathon
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Looking across Portage Lake toward Bard Peak
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Wood Bison grazing near Kenai Mountains
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The Kenai Mountains and River
References
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