# Mount Atherton

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**Mount Atherton** is a mountain in [Canada](/source/Canada).[1][2] It is located in the province of [Yukon](/source/Yukon), in the western part of the country, 4,100 km west of the capital [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa).[3] The peak of Mount Atherton [4] is 1,892 metres above sea level, or 625 metres above the surrounding terrain. The width at the base is 12.2 km. It was named after Charles Thomas Atherton,[5] who succeeded [Deacon Phelps](/source/Deacon_Phelps) as a member of the [Yukon Territorial Council](/source/Yukon_Territorial_Council), representing [Whitehorse](/source/Whitehorse,_Yukon) from 1934 to 1937.[6]

Mount Atherton is part of the [Saint Cyr Range](/source/Saint_Cyr_Range), a remote [mountain range](/source/Mountain_range) in the [Yukon](/source/Yukon), Canada.[7] It has an area of 6224 km2 and is a subrange of the [Pelly Mountains](/source/Pelly_Mountains) which in turn form part of the [Yukon Ranges](/source/Yukon_Ranges).[8] Bivouac, the [Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia](/source/Canadian_Mountain_Encyclopedia) refers to Mount Atherton being 1905m (6250 feet) with a prominence of 550m.[9]

The terrain around Mount Atherton [10] is mainly hilly, but to the southeast it is mountainous. The highest point nearby is 2,130 metres above sea level, 8.8 km east of Mount Atherton. The area around Mount Atherton is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per km2. There are no communities nearby. The closest town is [Faro, Yukon](/source/Faro,_Yukon).

The area around Mount Atherton is essentially an open bush landscape. The area is part of the [Subarctic climate](/source/Subarctic_climate) or boreal climate zone. The average annual temperature in the area is −7 °C (19 °F). The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 8 °C (46 °F), and the coldest is December, with −18 °C (0 °F).[11]

## Maps

- Administrative Boundaries Tay River 105K [12]
- Geoscience Map (General): Data Geology Reference Number:ARMC018806: Title Field map - Mount Atherton - 105K/4[13]
- Topographical map of Mount Atherton [14]
- Geological maps of Mount Atherton and surrounding area - Geology of Mt. Atherton [105K/4][15] - Maps of adjacent mountains: Rose Mountain [105K/5],[16] and Mount Mye [105K/6] [17]
- The Atlas of Canada - Toporama [18]
- Topography of Mount Atherton [19]

## Yukon Sources

- Yukon books:Topography of Yukon [20]
- Yukon Place Names: Mount Atherton [21]

## Canadian Government Sources

- Geoscan - Canada, National Topographic System Maps 105K/4, 1973, 1 sheet (Open Access): Data sheet of Mount Atherton, Yukon, Canada [22]
- Geoscan: Government of Canada map of Mount Atherton[23]
- Geoscan Home Page (in event of links break) [24]

## Further reading

- [Pelly Mountains](/source/Pelly_Mountains)
- [Saint Cyr Range](/source/Saint_Cyr_Range)
- [List of mountain peaks of North America](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_North_America)
- [Mountain peaks of Canada](/source/Mountain_peaks_of_Canada)

## References

1. ["Geology of Mount Atherton (105K/4), Rose Mountain (105K/5), and Mount Mye (105K/6) Map Areas, Yukon Territory"](https://books.google.com/books?id=UkSVHwAACAAJ&q=mount+atherton). Geological Survey of Canada. 1990.

1. ["Location of Mount Atherton"](https://bivouac.com//MtnPg.asp?MtnId=20212)

1. ["Wikidata Entry 414366"](https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22414366)

1. ["Mount Atherton Coordinates"](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mount_Atherton&params=62_01_44_N_133_53_39_W_type:mountain_region:CA)

1. Yukon Territory Legislative Assembly (2009). [*With the People who Live Here: The History of the Yukon Legislature (1909-1961)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=JKtS3QwjhMQC&q=thomas+atherton+whitehorse+yukon). Linda Johnson (ed.). ISBN 9781553624394.

1. ["Charles T Atherton"](https://yukonassembly.ca/sites/default/files/inline-files/history-MLAs-length-of-service.pdf)

1. ["Geonames - Mount Atherton entry"](https://www.geonames.org/6079784/mount-atherton.html)

1. [Saint Cyr Range](http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1173) in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

1. ["Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia: Mount Atherton"](https://bivouac.com//NameSrch.asp?rq=ProcessForm&SrchTerm=Mount%20atherton)

1. ["Terrain around Mount Atherton"](https://mapper.acme.com/?ll=62.028889,-133.894167&z=12&t=M&marker0=62.028889,-133.894167,Mount%20Atherton)

1. ["NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index"](http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php). 30 Jan 2016.

1. ["Administrative Boundaries of the region"](https://open.yukon.ca/data/sites/default/files/Administrative_Boundaries_105K_1.pdf)

1. ["Mount Atherton Geology"](http://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/77058#InfoTab)

1. ["Topographical map of Mount Atherton"](http://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/anvil_records/faro_files/018287-018999/018806.pdf)

1. ["Mount Atherton - 105K/4"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gscof_2250_e_1990_mn01.jpg)

1. ["Rose Mountain, Yukon 105K/5\]"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gscof_2250_e_1990_mn02.jpg)

1. ["Mount Mye, Yukon 105K/6"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gscof_2250_e_1990_mn03.jpg)

1. ["The Atlas of Canada"](https://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. ["Topography of Mount Atherton, Yukon, Canada"](http://www.canmaps.com/topo/nts50/topomap/105k04.htm)

1. ["Topography of Yukon"](https://www.yukonbooks.com/topo_maps/web/map.php?nts=105K04)

1. ["Yukon Place Names: Mount Atherton"](http://yukonplacenames.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GAZETTEER-OF-YUKON-2015.pdf). p. 7.

1. ["Geoscan - Mount Atherton"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan%2Ffulle.web&search1=R%3D246356)

1. ["Government of Canada map of Mount Atherton"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/images/geoscan/gscof_2250_e_1990_mn01.jpg)

1. ["Geoscan Home Page"](https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/)

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