Information About

Taku Range

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 35' 21.998" N,
134 ° 22' 18.998" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Parent

Coast Mountains

Mountains

Emperor Peak, Flower Tower, Little Matterhorn, Princess Peak, Taku Towers,

Elevation

5207 ft (1587.09 m)

Taku Range in Detail.

About

N-S trending ridge, in the Coast Mountains, 20 mi N of Juneau.

History

Named by the Juneau Icefield Research Project in 1964.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau C-2 (1960), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau C-2 SE (2017),
Places Near Taku Range
Basins:

Icy Basin, Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Upper Basin,

Cliffs:

Two Echo Cliffs,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam,

Glaciers:

Battle Glacier, Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Echo Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Matthes Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Southwest Branch Taku Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall, Taku Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,

Lakes:

Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek,

Mountains:

Amherst Peak, Mount Blachnitzky, Bullard Mountain, Camp 15 Peak, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Centurian Peak, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Emperor Peak, Exploration Peak, Floprock Peak, Flower Tower, Folded Towers, Glacier Grub Tower, Glacier King, Guardian Mountain, Juncture Peak, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, North Nugget Spire, Nugget Mountain, Princess Peak, Rhino Peak, Scorpion Peak, Shoehorn Mountain, Slanting Peak, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Spencer Peak, Split Thumb, Stroller White Mountain, Stronghold Peak, Taku Towers, Thoroughfare Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Topless Peak, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, The Tusk, Vantage Peak, Mount Wrather,

Mountain Passes:

Echo Pass, Echo Pass, Igloo Pass,

Peaks:

Gorgon Spire,

Mountain Ranges:

Taku Range,

Ridges:

Berners Peaks, Canyon Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, Mendenhall Towers, Nugget Towers, Ptarmigan Ridge, Sol Thumb, Spirit Range, The Wall,

Streams:

Arastra Creek, Bacon Creek, Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Fall Creek, Goat Creek, Nugget Creek, Steep Creek, Vista Creek,

Routes:

Lemon Creek Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, West Glacier Trail,

Valleys:

Avalanche Canyon, Death Valley,

Cities:

Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven,