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Fairweather Fault
fault, North America
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physiography of Alaska
- In Alaskan mountains: Physiography of the southern ranges
…Fairweather Range is the still-active Fairweather Fault, a northward extension of the coastal San Andreas Fault in California. The Fairweather Fault parallels the southeastern Alaska coast from Cape Spencer north and northwestward to the Copper River and Cook Inlet of south-coastal Alaska. The fault system has been the locus of…
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