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Ogilvie Mountains
Mountain range in the Yukon Territory, northwestern Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ogilvie Mountains are a mountain range in the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada.
Geologically they are part of the Yukon Ranges, in the upper Laramide Belt of the North American Cordillera.
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Geography
The range lies north of Dawson City, and is crossed by the Dempster Highway.
The area was first surveyed by William Ogilvie and the range subsequently named after him.
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- Peaks
The best known mountain peaks of the Ogilvie Mountains are located within Tombstone Territorial Park.[3]
The highest mountain within the range is Mount Frank Rae, at 2,362 m (7,749 ft) in elevation.
The range's most familiar mountains, with their jagged granite peaks, are:[4]
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Ogilvie River is a weather station near the Ogilvie Maintenance Compound in the northern Ogilvie Mountains, situated at an elevation of 597 m (1959 ft).[5]
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