The Delta Mountains or Delta Range are a subrange of the

Alaska Range The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long (950 km) mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest endSources differ as to the exact delineation of the Alaska Range. ThBo ...

, forming its eastern terminus. The mountains extend about from east to west, to the south of the

Tanana River The Tanana River ( Lower Tanana: Tth'eetoo', Upper Tanana: ''Tth’iitu’ Niign'') is a tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athaba ...

Valley, west of the Nebesna River and northwest of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the

Copper River Copper River may refer to several places: * Copper River (Alaska), in the United States * Copper River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Skeena River in Canada {{place name disambiguation ...

, and cover an area of . The highest point of the range is Mount Kimball, at . The Delta River originates on the south side of the range, near Paxson, and flows north ''through'' the mountains (between the Delta Mountains and the Hayes Range, to the west) to join the Tanana River. It has been designated a

National Wild and Scenic River The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free- ...

since 1980.

References

Alaska Range Landforms of Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{SoutheastFairbanksAK-geo-stub