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- ↑ "Krasheninnikov Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2013-05-16.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Krasheninnikov Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.