Kenai Mountains

The Kenai Mountains (Dena'ina: Yaghanen Dghili) are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Alaska. They extend Template:Convert northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula to the Chugach Mountains, and have an average elevation of 3,000 to 5,000 feet.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite EBO</ref>

The Harding and Sargent Icefields, as well as the many glaciers that emanate from them, originate in the Kenai Mountains.<ref name=":0" /> Several prime fish-producing rivers, including the Kenai River and the Russian River, also flow from the mountains.

The Dena'ina call the mountains Yaghanen Dghili, meaning "good land mountains".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name "Kenai" was first published by Constantin Grewingk in 1849, who obtained his information from I. G. Wosnesenski's account of a voyage to the area in 1842.

Gallery

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  Carpathian Peak seen from Turnagain Arm
• Skilak Glacier in the Kenai Mountains
  Skilak Glacier in the Kenai Mountains
• Mount Alice seen from Mount Marathon
  Mount Alice seen from Mount Marathon
• Looking across Portage Lake toward Bard Peak
  Looking across Portage Lake toward Bard Peak
• Wood Bison grazing, Alaska
  Wood Bison grazing near Kenai Mountains
• The Kenai Mountains and River
  The Kenai Mountains and River

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