Mount Logan: Highest mountain in Canada, in Yukon
Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada.
It is the second-highest mountain in North America, after Denali (Mount McKinley). The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan. He was a Canadian geologist and the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is in Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon. People think that Logan has the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth. The massif has eleven peaks over 5,000 metres (16,400 ft).
| Mount Logan | |
|---|---|
 Mount Logan from the southeast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,959 m (19,551 ft) |
| Prominence | 5,250 m (17,220 ft) |
| Parent peak | Denali |
| Isolation | 624 km (388 mi)  |
| Listing | Seven Second Summits Country high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 60°34′02″N 140°24′10″W / 60.56722°N 140.40278°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yukon, Canada |
| Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 115B |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1925 by A.H. MacCarthy et al. |
| Easiest route | Glacier/snow/ice climb |
Temperatures are extremely low on and near Mount Logan. On the 5,000 m (16,400 ft) high plateau, air temperature stays around −45 °C (−49 °F) in the winter. It reaches near freezing in summer. Little snow melt leads to a large ice cap, reaching almost 300 m (984 ft) in certain spots.
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