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Alaska Range

noun

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


Alaska Range

noun

  1. a mountain range in S central Alaska. Highest peak: Mount McKinley, 6194 m (20 320 ft)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Alaska Range1

First recorded in 1905–10
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Alaska PurchaseAlas, poor Yorick!