Mount Cairnes

{{short description|Mountain in Yukon, Canada}}

{{Distinguish|Mount Cairnes (British Columbia)}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Cairnes

| photo = Snow-capped (6895407908).jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Cairnes, north aspect

| elevation_m = 2810

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=3460|name=Mount Cairnes|access-date=2019-12-07}}

| prominence_m = 1990

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| range = Saint Elias Mountains{{cite peakbagger|pid=13352|name=Mount Cairnes, Yukon Territory|access-date=2019-12-08}}

| parent_peak = Mount Maxwell (3020 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list

|Ultras of Canada 41st

|Canada highest major peaks 86th

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| location = Kluane National Park and Reserve
Yukon, Canada

| map = Canada Yukon

| map_caption = Location in Yukon, Canada

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|60|52|06|N|138|16|37|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=KAAYB|name= Mount Cairnes|access-date=2019-12-07}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|115|B|16}}

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Mount Cairnes is a {{Convert|2810|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit in the Saint Elias Mountains on the boundary line of Kluane National Park in Yukon, Canada. The mountain is situated {{convert|44|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Haines Junction, {{convert|18|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Kluane Lake, and can be seen from the Alaska Highway midway between the two. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Maxwell, {{convert|27.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest. The mountain's name was officially adopted February 3, 1981, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. Clive Elmore Cairnes (1892–1954) was active with the Geological Survey of Canada as well as the Geographic Board of Canada until his retirement in 1953. He was related to noted geologist DeLorme Donaldson Cairnes (1879–1917), for whom this mountain is named.Jane Gaggin, D.D. CAIRNES: NOTABLE PIONEER SURVEYOR INTO THE YUKON. Yukon Prospectors' Association, 2013.