{{Short description|Mountain in Yukon, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = McArthur Peak | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 4344 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=243|name=McArthur Peak|access-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> | prominence_m = 924 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | listing = {{unbulleted list |[[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 32nd |[[List of highest mountain peaks of Canada|Canada highest major peaks]] 13th }} | location = [[Yukon]], Canada | range = [[Saint Elias Mountains]] | coordinates = {{coord|60|36|24|N|140|12|51|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref=<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=KAEBL|name=McArthur Peak|access-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> | topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|115|C|9}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent = 1961 | easiest_route = glacier/snow/ice climb }}
'''McArthur Peak''' is a [[mountain|peak]] in the [[Saint Elias Mountains]] of [[Yukon]], Canada. The peak, 13th highest in Canada, sits 11 km NE of [[Mount Logan]], the highest mountain in Canada. A secondary peak two kilometres to the east is known as McArthur East. The peak was named for [[James Joseph McArthur]], a [[Dominion Land Survey]]or who also made the first ascent of a Canadian peak over {{cvt|10,000|ft}}, [[Mount Stephen]] in 1887.
The first ascent was made on August 4, 1961, from the [[Hubbard Glacier]] up the north ridge by Barbara Lilley, Alexander McDermott, Donald Monk, Seymour Ossofsky, George Wallerstein.<ref name=aaj_1962/> __NOTOC__{{clear}}
==See also== {{Portal|North America|Canada|Mountains}} *[[List of mountain peaks of North America]] **[[List of mountain peaks of Canada]] {{clear}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=aaj_1962> {{Cite aaj|article_id=12196204300|title=The First Ascent of Mount McArthur | first1=Donald | last1=Monk | first2=George | last2=Wallerstein | year=1962 | volume=13 | issue=1 | pages=43 | access-date=2025-07-06}}</ref> }}
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[[Category:Four-thousanders of Yukon]] [[Category:Saint Elias Mountains]]