KLGO contains the Coast Mountains (Figure 2.1), a major mountain range a part of the larger Pacific Coast Ranges or the Pacific Mountain system, consisting of a series of mountain ranges stretching along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to northern and central Mexico. The Pacific Coast Ranges are a part of the North American Cordillera or a mountain chain running north to south along the western side of the Americas. The most northerly subrange of the Coastal Mountains consists of the Boundary Ranges or Alaska Boundary Range. The Boundary Ranges incorporate KLGO and extend from the southern end of the Alaskan Panhandle to Chilkoot Pass. Just beyond the Coast Mountains or just north of KLGO, lay the Alsek Ranges of the Saint
