Mount Cairnes map

Mount Cairnes

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2 817 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

2 018 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 316 m

Ultra

Mountains with prominence of 1 ⁠500 ⁠m / 4 ⁠921 ⁠ft or more.

About

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. 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. The mountain's name was officially adopted February 3, 1981, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. 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.

By elevation Mount Cairnes is

# 86 out of 1341 in Yukon
# 76 out of 191 in Kluane National Park and Reserve

By prominence Mount Cairnes is

# 36 out of 27097 in Canada
# 8 out of 1341 in Yukon
# 7 out of 191 in Kluane National Park and Reserve