Mount Harper
| Mount Harper | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,845 m (6,053 ft) |
| Prominence | 580 m (1,900 ft) |
| Coordinates | 64°40′30.0″N 139°52′19.2″W / 64.675000°N 139.872000°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yukon, Canada |
| Parent range | Ogilvie Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 116B12 |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Late Proterozoic |
Mount Harper is a deeply eroded Late Proterozoic volcanic complex located 71 km (44 mi) north of Dawson City and 33 km (21 mi) west of . Mount Harper is in the Ogilvie Mountains and is the 1,200 m (3,900 ft) thick remnant of a subaqueous-to-emergent basaltic shield volcano capped by small rhyodacitic and andesitic lava flows. It oversteps the .
In 1888, William Olgilvie named the mountain in honor of Arthur Harper, recognized as the first man to enter the Yukon country seeking gold,[1][2]
See also[]
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanism in Canada
References[]
- ^ Stuck, Hudson (1917). Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska (Public domain ed.). C. Scribner's Sons. p. 86.
- ^ Bundtzen, Thomas K.; Hawley, Charles C. (2009). "Arthur Harper". Alaska Mining Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
External links[]
- Mount Harper in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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- Volcanoes of Yukon
- One-thousanders of Yukon
- Proterozoic volcanoes
- Shield volcanoes of Canada
- Polygenetic shield volcanoes
- Yukon geography stubs