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Fun fact 2 about Mount Logan

Mount Logan
mountain

The first reported sighting of Mount Logan was in 1890 by American geologist Israel C. Russell.

Mount Logan
Canada
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Mount Logan

Canada

Elevation
5,959 m
Countries
Canada
20th tallest mountain in the world

Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada, and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

From the “Discovery and naming” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Gerald Holdsworth · Public Domain