Mount Harper

For other uses, see Mount Harper (disambiguation).

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.

Mount Harper
Highest point
Elevation	1,845 m (6,053 ft)
Prominence	580 m (1,900 ft)
Coordinates	64°40′30.0″N 139°52′19.2″W
Geography
Location	Yukon, Canada
Parent range	Ogilvie Mountains
Topo map	NTS 116B12 Mount Harper
Geology
Rock age	Late 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

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanism in Canada