Mount Osborn is the highest point in the
Kigluaik Mountains
The Kigluaik Mountains (''Kiglawait'' in Inupiaq) are a mountain chain running east to west on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula.
Its highest point is the summit of Mount Osborn, at above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isola ...
, and also on the
Seward Peninsula
The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska whose westernmost point is Cape Prince of Wales. The peninsula projects about into the Bering Sea between Norton Sound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi ...
. It is approximately 4714 feet high and is located on the north end of the range. Despite being almost one thousand feet taller, Osborn's fame is matched by
Mount Bendeleben (located east of the Kigluaiks) because Bendeleben is much taller than any of the peaks in its territory.
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See also
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List of mountain peaks of North America
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
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List of mountain peaks of the United States
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three main ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip o ...
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List of mountain peaks of Alaska
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Alaska.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summi ...
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One-thousanders of the United States
Landforms of Nome Census Area, Alaska
Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
Landforms of the Seward Peninsula
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