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Mount Logan ( / ˈloʊɡən / LOH-ghən) 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 Reserve [6] in southwestern ...
The Saint Elias Mountains ( French: Chaîne Saint-Élie) are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada. The range spans Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in the United States and Kluane National Park ...
- United States and Canada
- Pacific Coast Ranges
- 5,959 m (19,551 ft)
- Mount Logan
Feb 7, 2006 · Mount Logan. Logan, Mount, elev 5959 m, is Canada's highest mountain, named after Sir William E. Logan by Prof I.C. Russell, who first saw it during an attempted ascent of Mt St Elias in 1890. Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada, and was named for Sir William Logan, first director of the Canadian Geological Survey (photo by Richard ...
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Mount Logan, mountain, highest point (19,551 feet [5,959 metres]) in Canada and second highest in North America (after Denali [Mount McKinley] in the U.S. state of Alaska). It is located in the St. Elias Mountains of southwestern Yukon. The peak towers about 14,000 feet (4,300 metres) above the.
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May 17, 2022 · Mount Logan’s high summit plateau likely contains some of the oldest non-polar ice in the world (~30,000 years), housing one of the most important climate records on the continent. The glacier across Mount Logan’s summit plateau is uniquely located along the North Pacific storm track, resulting in high snow accumulation unaffected by summer ...
May 4, 2017 · How scientists solved the mystery of Mount Logan’s true height. How scientists solved the mystery of Mount Logan’s. true height. In 1992, a team backed by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society became the first to accurately measure the height of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak. Published May 04, 2017.
