Fairweather Faultfault, North America

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  • physiography of Alaska ( in Alaskan mountains: Physiography of the southern ranges )

    ...through the Alexander Archipelago and thence offshore along the coast of southeastern Alaska and western British Columbia. West of the St. Elias Mountains and Fairweather Range is the still-active Fairweather Fault, a northward extension of California’s coastal San Andreas Fault. The Fairweather Fault parallels the southeastern Alaska coast from Cape Spencer north and northwestward to the...

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