Mount Logan is Canada's highest mountain and the second-highest peak in North America, after Denali (Mount McKinley). The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mt. Logan is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon and is the source of the Hubbard and Logan Glaciers.
Due to active tectonic uplifting, Mt. Logan is actually still rising in elevation. Before 1992, the exact height of Mt. Logan was unknown and measurements ranged from 5950m to 6050m. In May 1992, a GSC expedition climbed Mt. Logan and fixed the current height of Mt. Logan using GPS.
The Mt. Logan massif contains eleven major peaks:
| Peak | metres | feet | Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
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| Main | 5,959 | 19,550 | 60°34′02″ | 140°24′10″
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| West | 5,925 | 19,439 | 60°34′45″ | 140°25′56″
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| East | 5,900 | 19,357 | 60°34′32″ | 140°21′55″
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| Huston's Peak | 5,720 | 18,766 | 60°35′06″ | 140°27′13″
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| Prospector Peak | 5,644 | 18,517 | |
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| AINA Peak | 5,630 | 18,471 | |
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| Russel Peak | 5,570 | 18,274 | 60°35′35″ | 140°28′02″
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| North | 5,559 | 18,238 | 60°36′59″ | 140°25′56″
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| Northeast | 5,490 | 18,012 | 60°36′59″ | 140°29′28″
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| Queen Peak | 5,380 | 17,651 | |
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| Northwest | 5,280 | 17,323 | |
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The fourth highest peak in Canada, King Peak (5,173m), lies 16 km WSW of Mt. Logan and is considered a satellite peak of Logan.
Mt. Logan was first climbed on June 23, 1925 by A.H. MacCarthy, H.F. Lambart, A. Carpe, W.W. Foster, N. Read and A. Taylor.
Following the death of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Jean Chrétien government considered renaming the mountain Mount Trudeau; however, this faced opposition from Yukoners, mountaineers, and Western Canadians, and the plan was dropped.
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