Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains)

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/mount-cook-saint-elias-mountains

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1. How big is the Mount Cook (Saint Elias Mountains)?Kluane National Park and Reserve (Yukon)
2. What is the location?Saint Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada
3. What is the mountain range?Saint Elias Mountains
4. What is Mount Cook and where is it located?Mount Cook is a large mountain in the Saint Elias Mountains, which are in northern Canada. It is part of a big mountain range formed by the collision of tectonic plates.
5. Why is Mount Cook special?Mount Cook is special because it sits in a range with huge glaciers that shape the land. The glaciers are among the largest temperate glaciers in the world.

Tectonic Plates: Massive, irregularly shaped slabs of solid rock, composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.
Alpine Tundra: A biome characterized by treeless plains found at high altitudes, with cold temperatures and short growing seasons.
Moraine: A mass or ridge of till (unsorted glacial sediment) that has been deposited directly by a glacier.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.