Turnagain Pass

Turnagain Pass

Infobox Mountain Pass
Name = Turnagain Pass
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Elevation = convert|900|ft|m|0
Location = Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
Range = Chugach Mountains
Coordinates =
Topographic

Transversed by = 2-4 lanes of the Seward Highway ()

Turnagain Pass (el. convert|900|ft|m|0) is a mountain pass just south of the municipal limits of Anchorage, Alaska. It is located in the northeastern part of Kenai Peninsula Borough. The pass marks the highest point on the Seward Highway at approximately milepost 70.cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.ak.us/iways/roadweather/forms/SiteSum.html?areaId=2&perspectiveId=1&siteId=104 |title=RWIS site summary |author=State of Alaska |date=2008-02-22 |accessdate=2008-02-22] Traveling north, the Seward Highway descends into the Anchorage bowl and begins to round the Turnagain Arm.cite web |url=http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/10390/places/30643/ |title=Turnagain Pass, AK |author=National Scenic Byways Program |date=2007 |accessdate=2008-02-22]

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