Alaska Gazetteer
Coast Mountains is a physical feature (range) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Coast Mountains places it within the 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Coast Mountains |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Range |
| Description: | Extends SE from 35 mi SE of Haines Junction, Yukon, to Fraser River E of Vancouver, British Columbia; it forms the mainland portion of SE Alaska between Skagway and Portland Canal. |
| History: | "In 1870, Dall (p. 286) wrote: ""The Coast or St. Elias Range contains the highest peaks and most of the volcanoes. It extends along the whole northwest coast from California to the peninsula of Alaska."" The name ""Coast Mountains"" was standardized and the mountains were defined as above by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) in 1902. See Coast Range." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2583351135 |
| Longitude: | -133.324996948 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Coast Mountains: Coast Mountains.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Coast Mountains does not include property ownership information.
