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63: 184: 176:. According to the geologists who studied contiguous areas in 1900, the metamorphic schists of the Bendeleben Mountains were considered distinct from the other schists of the region and were therefore given a name and assigned to a more or less definite stratigraphic position. In 1908, the senior writer of this report made a cross section of the range along the western margin of the area, and in 1909 the party had the opportunity of studying the section north and west. of Death Valley, where rocks previously considered as belonging to the Kigluaik group are exposed. About the head of the 243: 231: 219: 180:, the mountains are chiefly granitic, but along their flanks and sometimes extending through them in belts of varying breadth which mark the passes are areas of schistose sediments. Similar to the Kigluaik Mountains, the Bendeleban Mountains are rugged, with sharply cut valleys, and many glacial cirques. 208:, west to the vicinity of Timber Creek on the south, and to the tributaries heading toward Kiwalik Mountain on the north. Spruce extends considerably farther west on the south side of the Bendeleben Mountains than it does on the north. 204:, which rises on the west side of Mount Bendeleben. Eastward, spruce grows along all the streams. On the northern side of the Bendeleben Mountains, spruce is found in the valley of the 18: 201: 384: 92: 374: 250:: P.S. Smith's "A geologic reconnaissance in southeastern Seward Peninsula and the Norton Bay-Nulato region, Alaska" (1911) 162: 379: 196:
On the southern side of the Bendeleben Mountains, scattered spruce trees are reported in the valley of the
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is 3,730 feet (1,140 m) at the summit, and is located on the west end. Bits of the range go into the
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A geologic reconnaissance in southeastern Seward Peninsula and the Norton Bay-Nulato region, Alaska
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Mount Bendeleben is the highest point on the Seward Peninsula east of the
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Bendeleben Mountains (in the background) seen from the south
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65°12′30″N 163°35′22″W / 65.20833°N 163.58944°W / 65.20833; -163.58944
Bendeleben Mountains (in the background) seen from the south
Elevation
Coordinates
65°12′30″N 163°35′22″W / 65.20833°N 163.58944°W / 65.20833; -163.58944
Seward Peninsula
Nome Census Area
Alaska
drainage basins
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Mount Bendeleben
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Tubutulik River
Kigluaik Mountains
Fish River

Niukluk River
Libby River
Koyuk River
public domain
public domain
public domain



Geologic Reconnaissance in the Matanuska and Talkeetna Basins, Alaska
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1976
Bulletin
A geologic reconnaissance in southeastern Seward Peninsula and the Norton Bay-Nulato region, Alaska

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