Mount Nansen (Yukon)
Mount Nansen | |
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![]() ![]() Mount Nansen Yukon, Canada | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,827 m (5,994 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 532 m (1,745 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | |
Coordinates | 62°06′22.3″N 137°18′10.1″W / 62.106194°N 137.302806°WCoordinates: 62°06′22.3″N 137°18′10.1″W / 62.106194°N 137.302806°W |
Geography | |
Location | Yukon, Canada |
Parent range | |
Topo map | NTS 115I3 Mount Nansen |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Late Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Mount Nansen is a deeply eroded Mid-Cretaceous stratovolcano located 53 km (33 mi) west of Carmacks and 10 km (6.2 mi) west of in the central Yukon, Canada. It consists of rhyolite, dacite, andesite flows, breccias and tuff. Mount Nansen was formed during subducting under North America during the Mid-Cretaceous.
See also[]
- List of volcanoes in Canada
- Volcanology of Canada
References[]
- ^ a b "Mount Nansen". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
External links[]
- Mount Nansen in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
Categories:
- Fridtjof Nansen
- One-thousanders of Yukon
- Stratovolcanoes of Canada
- Subduction volcanoes
- Volcanoes of Yukon
- Yukon geography stubs