Mount Harper

Mount Harper
Elevation	1,845 m (6,053 ft)
Prominence	580 m (1,903 ft)
Location
Location	Yukon, Canada
Range	Ogilvie Mountains
Coordinates	64°40′30.0″N 139°52′19.2″W / 64.675°N 139.872°W / 64.675; -139.872
Topo map	NTS 116B/12
Geology
Age of rock	Late Proterozoic

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.

See also

Volcanism of Canada portal

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanism in Canada

External links

• Mount Harper in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia