Page "Alaska Range" Paragraph 6

The name " Alaskan Range " appears to have been first applied to these mountains in 1869 by naturalist W. H. Dall.

The name eventually became " Alaska Range " through local use.

In 1849 Constantin Grewingk applied the name " Tschigmit " to this mountain range.

A map made by the General Land Office in 1869 calls the southwestern part of the Alaska Range the " Chigmit Mountains " and the northeastern part the " Beaver Mountains ".

However the Chigmit Mountains are now considered part of the Aleutian Range.