Mount Cairnes

Not to be confused with Mount Cairnes (British Columbia).

Mount Cairnes
Mount Cairnes, north aspect
Highest point
Elevation2,810 m (9,220 ft)[1]
Prominence1,990 m (6,530 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Maxwell (3020 m)[1]
Listing
Coordinates60°52′06″N 138°16′37″W / 60.86833°N 138.27694°W / 60.86833; -138.27694[2]
Geography
Mount Cairnes is located in Yukon
Mount Cairnes
Mount Cairnes
Location in Yukon, Canada
LocationKluane National Park and Reserve
Yukon, Canada
Parent rangeSaint Elias Mountains[3]
Topo mapNTS 115B16 Jarvis River[2]

Mount Cairnes is a 2,810-metre (9,220-foot) mountain summit in the Saint Elias Mountains on the boundary line of Kluane National Park in Yukon, Canada.[2] The mountain is situated 44 km (27 mi) west of Haines Junction, 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Kluane Lake, and can be seen from the Alaska Highway midway between the two. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Maxwell, 27.7 km (17.2 mi) to the southwest.[1] The mountain's name was officially adopted February 3, 1981, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] Clive Elmore Cairnes (1892–1954) was active with the Geological Survey of Canada as well as the Geographic Board of Canada until his retirement in 1953. He was related to noted geologist DeLorme Donaldson Cairnes (1879–1917), for whom this mountain is named.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cairnes is located in a subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the peak and meltwater from its pocket glaciers drains into tributaries of the Kaskawulsh River.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Cairnes". Bivouac.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Cairnes". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Mount Cairnes, Yukon Territory". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Jane Gaggin, D.D. CAIRNES: NOTABLE PIONEER SURVEYOR INTO THE YUKON. Yukon Prospectors' Association, 2013.
  5. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.