The Takhinsha Mountains are a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, in the southeastern part of the state. They extend west-northwest from the northern end of the Chilkat Range to the head of Riggs Glacier, southwest of Skagway. "Takhinsha" is a Tlingit name reported by E. C. Robertson of the U.S. Geological Survey and published in 1952. The mountains include Krause Mountain, named for geographer Aurel Krause and located 16 miles west-southwest of Haines. References Landforms of Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska Mountain ranges of Alaska Mountains of Haines Borough, Alaska Mountains of Unorganized Borough, Alaska