Ogilvie Mountains

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Ogilvie Mountains
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Highest point
Peak Mount Frank Rae
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Geography
Country Canada
Territories Yukon
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Parent range Yukon Ranges

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.

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.

Sub-ranges

Peaks

The best known mountain peaks of the Ogilvie Mountains are located within Tombstone Territorial Park .[1]

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:[2]

  • Tombstone Mountain
  • Mount Monolith

Gallery

Mount Monolith of the Ogilvie Mountains, seen at dawn from Divide Lake, in Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.

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