Kigluaik Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain chain in Alaska}}

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| name = Kigluaik Mountains

| native_name = {{native name|ipk|Kiglawait}}

| photo = Grand Central Valley, Kigluaik Mts., Seward Peninsula.jpg

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| photo_caption = Grand Central Valley, Kigluaik Mountains

| highest = Mount Osborn

| elevation_ft = 4714

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| map = USA Alaska

| coordinates = {{Coord|64|59|32|N|165|19|45|W|display=inline}}

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| country = United States

| state = Alaska

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| part = Seward Peninsula

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The Kigluaik Mountains (Kiglawait in Inupiaq) are a {{convert|42|mi|km|adj=on}} mountain chain running east to west on western Alaska's Seward Peninsula.

Its highest point is the summit of Mount Osborn, at {{convert|4,714|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level. This remote range is home to numerous isolated mountain lakes which have been shown to contain unique subspecies of Arctic char.{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Joseph|date=2018-01-16|url=https://www.blm.gov/documents/national-office/blm-library/resource-note/newly-discovered-population-arctic-char-kigluaik|title=A Newly Discovered Population of Arctic Char of the Kigluaik Mountains of Alaska|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|work=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=2025-06-12}} Located in the Nome Census Area,{{cite gnis|id=1404642|name=Kigluaik Mountains|links=off|access-date=2025-06-12}} Kigluaik Mountains are noted as the location of Grand Union Glacier, the only remaining active glacier in western Alaska.Parker E. Calkin, Darrell S. Kaufman, Bruce J. Przybyl, W. Brett Whitford, and Brian J. Peck [http://instaar.colorado.edu/AAAR/volume30/30-2abs.html Glacier Regimes, Periglacial Landforms, and Holocene Climate Change in the Kigluaik Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska]

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