Information About

Buttress Range

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 18' 32" N,
155 ° 16' 57" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Elevation

3218 ft (980.85 m)

Buttress Range in Detail.

About

12 mi W of Mount Katmai. Extends NW of Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, on Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 10 mi. W of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range. 10 miles long.

History

Descriptive name given in 1919 of the National Geographic Society by R. F. Griggs as Buttress Mountain and mapped as Buttress Range.