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Mount Logan

#20 in World

Canada

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© Gerald HoldsworthPublic Domain
Elevation
5,959 m
Coordinates
60.5659, -140.4055
Category
mountains

Overview

Canada's highest peak and the second highest in North America.

About

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). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon, less than 40 kilometres north of the Yukon–Alaska border. Mount Logan is the source of the Hubbard and Logan glaciers.

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