The Takhinsha Mountains are a mountain range

Mountain range

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 in Haines Borough

Haines Borough, Alaska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,392 people, 991 households, and 654 families residing in the borough. The population density was 0,88 people per square mile . There were 1,419 housing units at an average density of 0,52 per square mile...

 and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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, in the southeastern part

Alaska Panhandle

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 of the state. They extend 40 km (25 mi) west-northwest from the northern end of the Chilkat Range

Chilkat Range

The Chilkat Range is a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, west of the city of Juneau....

 to the head of Riggs Glacier

Riggs Glacier

Riggs Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the southern slope of the Takhinsha Mountains, 6 km southeast of Mount Harris and flows south-southeast to the head of Muir Inlet, 69 km southwest of Skagway.It was named by...

, 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Skagway

Skagway, Alaska

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"Takhinsha" is a Tlingit name reported by E. C. Robertson of the U.S. Geological Survey and published in 1952.