# McArthur Peak > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/McArthur_Peak > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/McArthur_Peak.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McArthur_Peak > Source revision: 1355780446 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Mountain in Yukon, Canada McArthur Peak Highest point Elevation 4,344 m (14,252 ft)[1] Prominence 924 m (3,031 ft)[1] Listing North America highest peaks 32nd Canada highest major peaks 13th Coordinates 60°36′24″N 140°12′51″W / 60.60667°N 140.21417°W / 60.60667; -140.21417[2] Geography Location Yukon, Canada Parent range Saint Elias Mountains Topo map NTS 115C9 McArthur Peak[2] Climbing First ascent 1961 Easiest route glacier/snow/ice climb **McArthur Peak** is a [peak](/source/Mountain) in the [Saint Elias Mountains](/source/Saint_Elias_Mountains) of [Yukon](/source/Yukon), Canada. The peak, 13th highest in Canada, sits 11 km NE of [Mount Logan](/source/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](/source/James_Joseph_McArthur), a [Dominion Land Surveyor](/source/Dominion_Land_Survey) who also made the first ascent of a Canadian peak over 10,000 ft (3,000 m), [Mount Stephen](/source/Mount_Stephen) in 1887. The first ascent was made on August 4, 1961, from the [Hubbard Glacier](/source/Hubbard_Glacier) up the north ridge by Barbara Lilley, Alexander McDermott, Donald Monk, Seymour Ossofsky, George Wallerstein.[3] ## See also - [North America portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:North_America) - [Canada portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Canada) - [Mountains portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mountains) - [List of mountain peaks of North America](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_North_America) - [List of mountain peaks of Canada](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Canada) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bivouac_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bivouac_1-1) ["McArthur Peak"](https://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=243). *Bivouac.com*. Retrieved 2025-07-06. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cgndb_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cgndb_2-1) ["McArthur Peak"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=KAEBL). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 2025-07-06. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-aaj_1962_3-0)** Monk, Donald; Wallerstein, George (1962). ["The First Ascent of Mount McArthur"](https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196204300). *[American Alpine Journal](/source/American_Alpine_Journal)*. **13** (1). [American Alpine Club](/source/American_Alpine_Club): 43. Retrieved 2025-07-06. ## External links **McArthur Peak** at Wikipedia's [sister projects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects) - [Definitions](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Wiktionary - [Media](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Commons - [Quotations](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Wikiquote - [Texts](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Wikisource - [Textbooks](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Wikibooks - [Resources](https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Special:Search/McArthur_Peak) from Wikiversity v t e The 126 highest major summits of greater North America Denali Mount Logan Pico de Orizaba Mount Saint Elias Volcán Popocatépetl Mount Foraker Mount Lucania Volcán Iztaccíhuatl King Peak Mount Bona Mount Steele Mount Blackburn Mount Sanford Mount Wood Mount Vancouver Mount Slaggard Nevado de Toluca Mount Fairweather Sierra Negra Mount Hubbard Mount Bear Mount Walsh Mount Hunter Volcán La Malinche Mount Whitney Mount Alverstone University Peak Mount Elbert Mount Massive Mount Harvard Mount Rainier Mount Williamson McArthur Peak Blanca Peak La Plata Peak Uncompahgre Peak Crestone Peak Mount Lincoln Castle Peak Grays Peak Mount Antero Mount Blue Sky Longs Peak Mount Wilson White Mountain Peak North Palisade Mount Princeton Mount Yale Mount Shasta Maroon Peak Mount Wrangell Mount Sneffels Capitol Peak Pikes Peak Windom Peak/Mount Eolus Mount Augusta Handies Peak Culebra Peak Cofre de Perote San Luis Peak Mount of the Holy Cross Nevado de Colima Grizzly Peak Mount Humphreys Mount Keith Mount Strickland Mount Ouray Vermilion Peak Avalanche Peak Atna Peaks Volcán Tajumulco Regal Mountain Mount Darwin Mount Hayes Mount Silverheels Rio Grande Pyramid Gannett Peak Mount Kaweah Grand Teton Mount Cook Mount Morgan Mount Gabb Bald Mountain Mount Oso Mount Jackson Mount Tom Bard Peak Cerro Tláloc West Spanish Peak Mount Powell Hagues Peak Mount Dubois Tower Mountain Treasure Mountain Kings Peak North Arapaho Peak Mount Pinchot Mount Natazhat Mount Jarvis Parry Peak Bill Williams Peak Sultan Mountain Mount Herard Volcán Tacaná West Buffalo Peak Mount Craig Tressider Peak Summit Peak Middle Peak/Dolores Peak Antora Peak Henry Mountain Hesperus Mountain Mount Silverthrone Jacque Peak Bennett Peak Wind River Peak Mount Waddington Conejos Peak Mount Marcus Baker Cloud Peak Wheeler Peak Francs Peak Twilight Peak South River Peak Mount Ritter Red Slate Mountain v t e Subdivisions of Yukon Municipalities Carmacks Dawson City Faro Haines Junction Mayo Teslin Watson Lake Whitehorse (capital) Unorganized areas Unorganized Yukon Communities (unincorporated) Beaver Creek Burwash Landing Carcross Conrad Champagne Landing Destruction Bay Ibex Valley Johnsons Crossing Keno City Lansdowne Marsh Lake Mount Lorne Old Crow Pelly Crossing Ross River Stewart Crossing Swift River Tagish Two Mile and Two and One-Half Mile Village (formerly Two and One-Half Mile Village and Two Mile Village) Upper Liard Ghost towns Canyon City Clinton Creek Elsa Forty Mile Grand Forks Moose Hide Paris Snag Parks Ivvavik Kluane Tombstone Vuntut Regions Klondike Category Canada portal --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [McArthur Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McArthur_Peak) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McArthur_Peak?action=history)). 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