Kigluaik Mountains

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Kigluaik Mountains (Kiglawait in Inupiaq) are a Script error: No such module "convert". mountain chain running east to west on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula.

Its highest point is the summit of Mount Osborn, at Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isolated mountain lakes which have been shown to contain unique subspecies of Arctic char.[1] Located in the Nome Census Area,[2] Kigluaik Mountains are noted as the location of Grand Union Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in western Alaska.[3]

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A view of the northern slope of the Kigluaik Mountains. This photo was taken in June 2006.

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  3. Parker E. Calkin, Darrell S. Kaufman, Bruce J. Przybyl, W. Brett Whitford, and Brian J. Peck Glacier Regimes, Periglacial Landforms, and Holocene Climate Change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

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