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Chugach Mountains, the Glossary

The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America.^[1]

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Mountain ranges of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bashful Peak

Bashful Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park.

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Bering Glacier

Bering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Bold Peak

Bold Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park in Anchorage Municipality.

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Byron Peak

Byron Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach National Forest.

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The Chitina River (Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na’ is a tributary of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins in the Saint Elias Mountains at the base of Chitina Glacier and flows generally northwest through the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve to meet the smaller river near Chitina.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Chugach

Chugach, Chugach Sugpiaq or Chugachigmiut is the name of an Alaska Native people in the region of the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound on the southern coast of Alaska.

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Chugach National Forest

The Chugach National Forest is a United States National Forest in south central Alaska.

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Chugach State Park

Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres (2,004 square kilometers) covering a hilly region immediately east of Anchorage, in south-central Alaska.

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Cook Inlet

Cook Inlet (Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: Cungaaciq) stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska.

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Copper River (Alaska)

The Copper River or Ahtna River, Ahtna Athabascan ‘Atna’tuu, "river of the Ahtnas", Tlingit Eeḵhéeni, "river of copper", is a 290-mile (470 km) river in south-central Alaska in the United States.

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Eagle Peak (Alaska)

Eagle Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park in Anchorage Municipality.

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Flattop Mountain (Anchorage, Alaska)

Flattop Mountain is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park just east of urban Anchorage.

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Glenn Highway

The Glenn Highway (part of Alaska Route 1) is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending from Anchorage near Merrill Field to Glennallen on the Richardson Highway.

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Goat Mountain (Alaska)

Goat Mountain is a mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Gulf of Alaska

The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch’) is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.

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Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson

Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a United States military facility in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula (Dena'ina: Yaghenen) is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska.

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Matanuska Formation

The Matanuska Formation consists of more than of sedimentary strata exposed in the northern Chugach Mountains, Matanuska Valley, and southern Talkeetna Mountains of south-central Alaska.

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Matanuska River

The Matanuska River (Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu; Ahtna: Ts'itonhna’) is a 75-mile (121 km) long river in Southcentral Alaska, United States.

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Maynard Mountain

Maynard Mountain is a mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Billy Mitchell (Chugach Mountains)

Mount Billy Mitchell is a prominent peak located in the Chugach Mountains, east of Valdez and west of the Copper River in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Einstein

Mount Einstein is an elevation glaciated summit located northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Gannett

Mount Gannett is a peak in the Chugach Mountains of eastern Alaska, United States, located east of the city of Anchorage.

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Mount Gilbert (Chugach Mountains)

Mount Gilbert is a prominent glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Goode

Mount Goode, pronounced like "good", is a prominent glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Grace (Chugach Mountains)

Mount Grace is a remote glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Marcus Baker

Mount Marcus Baker (Ahtna: Ts'itonhna Dghilaaye’; Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu Dghelaya) is the highest peak of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska.

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Mount Michelson (Chugach Mountains)

Mount Michelson is a mountain at the head of the Meares Glacier, NW of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, USA.

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Mount Palmer (Alaska)

Mount Palmer is a mountain in the Chugach Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Rumble

Mount Rumble is a mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Steller (Chugach Mountains)

Mount Steller is a peak at the far eastern end of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, United States.

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Mount Thor (Alaska)

Mount Thor (12,251 ft) is the second-highest peak of the Chugach Mountains in Alaska.

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Mount Tom White

Mount Tom White is a prominent 11,191-foot (3,411 meter) glaciated mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Valhalla (Alaska)

Mount Valhalla, elevation (12,135 ft), is a glaciated summit located northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Williwaw

Mount Williwaw is a prominent mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Witherspoon

Mount Witherspoon is a 12,012-foot-elevation (3,661 meter) glaciated summit located northwest of Valdez in the Chugach Mountains of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Neologism

In linguistics, a neologism (also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North Suicide Peak

North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex (formerly "North Suicide Peak") is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park.

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Pacific Coast Ranges

The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico.

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Polar Bear Peak

Polar Bear Peak is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in Chugach State Park.

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Portage Glacier Highway

The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Portage Lake (Alaska)

Portage Lake is a glacial lake in the Chugach National Forest of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Prince William Sound

Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: Suungaaciq) is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Project Nike

Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system.

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Ptarmigan Peak (Alaska)

Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain in the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage, Alaska.

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Richardson Highway

The Richardson Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 368 miles (562 km) and connecting Valdez to Fairbanks.

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Russian colonization of North America

From 1732 to 1867, the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Seward Highway

The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends from Seward to Anchorage.

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Site Summit

The Nike Site Summit (or just Site Summit) is a historic military installation of the United States Army in Anchorage Borough, Alaska.

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Tana Glacier

Tana Glacier is a long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Tana River (Alaska)

Tana River is a left tributary of the Chitina River in south-central Alaska.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines.

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The Ramp (Alaska)

The Ramp is a mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in Anchorage Municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Twin Peaks (Alaska)

Twin Peaks are a double summit mountain located in the Chugach Mountains, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Whittier, Alaska

Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about southeast of Anchorage.

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William R. Abercrombie

William R. Abercrombie (August 17, 1857 – November 7, 1943) was a career U.S. Army officer during the late 19th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chugach_Mountains

Also known as Chugach Range, Chugatch Mountains, Chugatz Mountains, Tchougatskoi.

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