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Mount Harper is a deeply eroded Late Proterozoic volcanic complex located 71 km (44 mi) north of Dawson City and 33 km (21 mi) west of Mount Gibben. Mount Harper is in the Ogilvie Mountains and is the 1,200 m (3,900 ft) thick remnant of a subaqueous-to-emergent basaltic shield volcano capped by small rhyodacitic and andesitic lava flows. It oversteps the Harper Fault.

This article is about the mountain in Canada. For the mountain in New Zealand, see Mount Harper / Mahaanui.
Mount Harper
Highest point
Elevation1,845 m (6,053 ft)
Prominence580 m (1,900 ft)
Coordinates64°40′30.0″N 139°52′19.2″W
Geography
LocationYukon, Canada
Parent rangeOgilvie Mountains
Topo mapNTS 116B12 Mount Harper
Geology
Age of rockLate Proterozoic

In 1888, William Olgilvie named the mountain in honor of Arthur Harper, recognized as the first man to enter the Yukon country seeking gold.[1][2]


See also



References


  1. Stuck, Hudson (1917). Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries: A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska (Public domain ed.). C. Scribner's Sons. p. 86.
  2. Bundtzen, Thomas K.; Hawley, Charles C. (2009). "Arthur Harper". Alaska Mining Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 July 2013.



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