Alaska Range

American  

noun

1. a mountain range in southern Alaska. Highest peak, Denali, 20,300 feet (6,190 meters).

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Alaska Range British  

noun

1. a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)

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Etymology

Origin of Alaska Range

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

But recently Plagerman found himself facing a problem he didn’t see coming when he and his wife started Alaska Range Dairy about two years ago: 20,000 wandering glass bottles.

From Seattle Times

He has ascended immense peaks from the Alaska Range to K2 in Pakistan’s Karakoram range, climbed through storms and had near misses with avalanches.

From Seattle Times

The plane would fly ahead after fueling the helicopter to perform weather reconnaissance, leading the helicopter away from storms, through several passes of the Alaska Range and to Diomede.

From Seattle Times

Riley Soderquist has skied down Andean volcanoes in South America, traveled to the Alaska Range and made a first descent of the steep north face of Capitol Peak in Colorado’s Elk Mountains.

From New York Times

Nestled near a glacial lake with direct views of the Alaska Range, it is reachable only after enduring a jolting eight-hour ride over a dirt road on an old school bus.

From Washington Post