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Mount Maxwell

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valley. The nearest higher peak is Mount Leacock, 9.2 km (5.7 mi) to the south. The "Mt Maxwell" designation is misplaced five kilometres to the northeast of the actual summit on the topographic map. The mountain was named by
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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who climbed Maxwell in 1954. The Maxwell name was approved in 1960, and was made official in 1981 by the
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Summit of the Saint Elias Mountains in Kluane National Park of Yukon, Canada
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Coordinates
60°42′58″N 138°40′55″W / 60.71611°N 138.68194°W / 60.71611; -138.68194
Mount Maxwell is located in Yukon
Yukon
Parent range
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map
NTS
115B10
Mount Leacock
Easiest route
Mountaineering
metre
foot
summit
Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane National Park
Yukon
Canada
Kaskawulsh Glacier
Slims River
John Oliver Wheeler
Canadian
geologist
Geological Survey of Canada
Geographical Names Board of Canada

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