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<th colspan="2" style="background:#E7DCC3; font-size:125%; color:#202122;">Eliaskette
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<p>Eliaskette (rot umrandet)
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe5">Höchster Gipfel
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<td><a href="Mount_Logan" title="Mount Logan">Mount Logan</a> (<span style="border-width:0px; padding:0px; margin:0px;">5959 <a href="H%C3%B6he_%C3%BCber_dem_Meeresspiegel" title="Höhe über dem Meeresspiegel">m</a></span>)
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<td><a href="Yukon-Territorium" class="mw-redirect" title="Yukon-Territorium">Yukon-Territorium</a>, <a href="British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, <a href="Kanada" title="Kanada">Kanada</a>, und<br><a href="Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">USA</a>
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<td class="hintergrundfarbe5"><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a>
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<td><span id="text_coordinates" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:60.567222222222,-140.40277777778"><span title="Breitengrad">60° 34′ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">140° 24′ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">60.567222222222</span><span class="longitude">-140.40277777778</span><span class="elevation">5959</span></span>
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<p>Die <b>Eliaskette</b> (<span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><a href="Englische_Sprache" title="Englische Sprache">englisch</a></span> <span lang="en-Latn" style="font-style:italic"><i>Saint Elias Mountains</i> oder <i>Saint Elias Range</i></span>) ist der höchste Teil der <a href="Pazifische_K%C3%BCstengebirge_in_Nordamerika" title="Pazifische Küstengebirge in Nordamerika">nordamerikanischen Küstengebirge</a>, erstreckt sich über 400 km vom Südosten <a href="Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaskas</a> über <a href="Yukon_(Territorium)" title="Yukon (Territorium)">Yukon</a> bis in den äußersten Nordwesten <a href="British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbias</a> und bildet die <a href="Kontinentale_Wasserscheide" class="mw-redirect" title="Kontinentale Wasserscheide">Wasserscheide</a> zwischen <a href="Yukon_River" title="Yukon River">Yukon River</a> und <a href="Pazifischer_Ozean" title="Pazifischer Ozean">Pazifischem Ozean</a>. Die Nationalparks <a href="Wrangell-St.-Elias-Nationalpark" title="Wrangell-St.-Elias-Nationalpark">Wrangell-St.-Elias</a> und <a href="Kluane-Nationalpark" title="Kluane-Nationalpark">Kluane</a> liegen zum Teil, der <a href="Glacier-Bay-Nationalpark" title="Glacier-Bay-Nationalpark">Glacier-Bay-Nationalpark</a> vollständig in der Eliaskette.
</p><p>Die <a href="Gletscher" title="Gletscher">Gletscher</a> der Eliaskette bilden mit einer Ausdehnung von 380 km nach den Eiskappen der Pole das größte Eisfeld der Erde. Der in den <a href="Golf_von_Alaska" title="Golf von Alaska">Golf von Alaska</a> mündende <a href="Malaspinagletscher" title="Malaspinagletscher">Malaspinagletscher</a> ist der größte Gletscher Nordamerikas. Der <a href="Mount_Logan" title="Mount Logan">Mount Logan</a> ist der höchste Berg Kanadas und nach dem <a href="Denali" title="Denali">Denali</a> der zweithöchste Nordamerikas.
</p><p>Benannt ist das Gebirge nach dem <a href="Elija" title="Elija">Propheten Elias</a>.
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<caption>Berge der Eliaskette
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<td><a href="Mount_Logan" title="Mount Logan">Mount Logan</a></td>
<td align="right">5959</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
<td>Höchster Berg in Kanada
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<td><a href="Mount_Saint_Elias" title="Mount Saint Elias">Mount Saint Elias</a></td>
<td align="right">5489</td>
<td>Alaska/Yukon</td>
<td>#2 in Kanada und in den USA
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<td><a href="Mount_Lucania" title="Mount Lucania">Mount Lucania</a></td>
<td align="right">5226</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
<td>#3 in Kanada
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<td><a href="King_Peak_(Yukon)" title="King Peak (Yukon)">King Peak</a></td>
<td align="right">5173</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
<td>#4 in Kanada
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<td><a href="Mount_Steele" title="Mount Steele">Mount Steele</a></td>
<td align="right">5073</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
<td>#5 in Kanada
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<td><a href="Mount_Bona" title="Mount Bona">Mount Bona</a></td>
<td align="right">5005</td>
<td>Alaska</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Wood_(Yukon)" title="Mount Wood (Yukon)">Mount Wood</a></td>
<td align="right">4842</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Vancouver_(Nordamerika)" title="Mount Vancouver (Nordamerika)">Mount Vancouver</a></td>
<td align="right">4812</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td>Mount Churchill</td>
<td align="right">4766</td>
<td>Alaska</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Slaggard" title="Mount Slaggard">Mount Slaggard</a></td>
<td align="right">4742</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td>Mount Macaulay</td>
<td align="right">4690</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Fairweather" title="Mount Fairweather">Mount Fairweather</a></td>
<td align="right">4671</td>
<td>British Columbia</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Hubbard_(Alaska)" title="Mount Hubbard (Alaska)">Mount Hubbard</a></td>
<td align="right">4557</td>
<td>Alaska/Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Bear" title="Mount Bear">Mount Bear</a></td>
<td align="right">4520</td>
<td>Alaska</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Walsh_(Yukon)" title="Mount Walsh (Yukon)">Mount Walsh</a></td>
<td align="right">4507</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Alverstone" title="Mount Alverstone">Mount Alverstone</a></td>
<td align="right">4420</td>
<td>Alaska/Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="University_Peak_(Alaska)" title="University Peak (Alaska)">University Peak</a></td>
<td align="right">4410</td>
<td>Alaska</td>
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<td><a href="McArthur_Peak" title="McArthur Peak">McArthur Peak</a></td>
<td align="right">4389</td>
<td>Yukon</td>
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<td><a href="Mount_Augusta" title="Mount Augusta">Mount Augusta</a></td>
<td align="right">4289</td>
<td>Alaska/Yukon</td>
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