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Baird Mountains : ウィキペディア英語版 | Baird Mountains The Baird Mountains are a mountain range located northeast of the Kotzebue Sound, in between the Kobuk and Noatak Rivers in Alaska. The range was named after Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Spencer F. Baird.〔Baker, Marcus; "Baird mountains." ''Geographic Dictionary of Alaska, 2nd ed'' (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906.)〕 ==Geographical setting== The Baird Mountains are located at 〔"(Kobuk Valley National Park, Baird Mountains, Alaska. )" ''Hiker Central''. Stratus-Pikpuk, Inc., 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.〕 in the Western Brooks mountain range in northwestern Alaska, consisting of 5,600 square miles (14,500 square kilometers). The mountains are approximately sixty miles (100 kilometers) northeast of the town of Kotzebue, Alaska.〔Zayatz, M. B.; Thompson, W. B.; Bailey, E. A.; Sutely, S. J.; Earl, S. M.; Schmidt, J. M.; Folger, P. F.; ''Analytical Results and Sample Locality Maps of Mineralized and Unmineralized rock samples from the Baird Mountains quadrangle, Alaska.'', (United States, 1988).〕 Although the mountains seem much greater in size due to their closeness to the rivers, they are not very large when compared with the other Alaskan mountains that have elevations from 1,000 to 4,500 feet.〔Anderson, Douglas D.; Bane, Ray; Nelson, Richard K.; Anderson, Wanni W.; Sheldon, Nita; ''Kuuvanmiit Subsistence: Traditional Eskimo Life in the Latter Twentieth Century'', (Washington: National Park Service, 1977)〕 The Baird Mountains have an elevation that reaches to approximately 3,000 feet (900 m), with its highest peak at Mount Angayukaqsraq, which measures at 4,700 ft (1,433 m).〔"(Baird Mountains )", ''Peakbagger.com.'' 11 January 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2011.〕
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