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Mount Cairnes, Yukon Territory

Prominence: 1980 m, 6496 ft

Elevation: 2800+ meters, 9186+ feet

True Isolation: 27.46 km, 17.07 mi

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 2800 - 2840 m (40-meter closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	60° 52' 6'' N, 138° 16' 35'' W 60.868345, -138.27643 (Dec Deg) 647887 E 6751194 N, Zone 7 (UTM)
Country	Canada
State/Province	Yukon Territory
County/Second Level Region	Yukon
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1)
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Mount Cairnes is a massive, glaciated mountain that dominates the Kluane front ranges, en route to Kluane Lake (2015-07-20). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1980 m/6496 ft Optimistic Prominence: 2020 m/6627 ft Line Parent: Mount Steele-Southeast Peak Key Col: Kaskawulsh Glacier Terminus 820 m/2690 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 27.46 km/17.07 mi Isolation Limit Point: 60.72, -138.6792 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Kaskawulsh (SW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Alaska-Yukon Ranges Range3: Saint Elias Mountains Range4: Northern Saint Elias Mountains Range5: Kluane Ranges (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Alsek Pacific Ocean
Topo Map	115 B/16 1:50,000
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Mount Cairnes, photographed July 23, 2018 from the highway between Haines Junction and Kluane Lake (2018-07-23). Photo by Charles Baxter.
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