Mountains
The terrain of Southcentral Alaska is shaped by five mountain ranges:
- Kenai Mountains
- Chugach Mountains
- Talkeetna Mountains
- Wrangell Mountains
- Alaska Range
Southcentral Alaska contains several dormant and active volcanoes. The Wrangell Volcanoes are older, lie in the East, and include Mount Blackburn, Mount Bona, Mount Churchill, Mount Drum, Mount Gordon, Mount Jarvis, Mount Sanford, and Mount Wrangell. The Cook Inlet volcanoes are newer, lie in the West, and include Mount Redoubt, Mount Iliamna, Hayes Volcano, Mount Augustine, and Mount Spurr. Most recently, Mount Redoubt erupted in March 2009, resulting in airplane flight cancelations.
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Famous quotes containing the word mountains:
“I’m headed for a land that’s far away
Beside the crystal fountains.
So come with me, we’ll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains.”
—Unknown. The Big Rock Candy Mountains (l. 5–8)
“Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road
The road winding above among the mountains
Which are mountains of rock without water
If there were water we should stop and drink
Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Without mountains one wouldn’t see the plains.”
—Chinese proverb.