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Yukon covers 482,443 km 2, of which 474,391 km 2 is land and 8,052 km 2 is water, making it the forty-first largest subnational entity in the world, and, among the fifty largest, the least populous. Yukon is bounded on the south by the 60th parallel of latitude. Its northern coast is on the Beaufort Sea. Its western boundary is 141° west ...
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pinnacle Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, winters, and short, cool summers. [6] Winter temperatures can drop below −30 °C with wind chill factors below −50 °C. This climate supports the Kaskawulsh, Dusty, and Lowell glaciers surrounding the peak.
The Yukon's tourism motto is "Larger than life". [41] The Yukon's tourism industry relies heavily on Yukon's natural environment, and there are many organized outfitters and guides available for activities such as hunting, angling, canoeing/kayaking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing, and dog sledding.
Pages in category "Ecozones and ecoregions of Yukon" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
To the south is the Boreal Cordillera, to the east are the Taiga Plains, and its northern extent is defined by Yukon's coastline, at which it abuts the Southern Arctic ecozone. The northernmost area is an arctic tundra which is beyond the tree line , so is characterised by small plants and shrubs .
Climate type Subarctic The Boreal Cordillera Ecozone , as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone occupying most of the northern third of British Columbia and southern half of Yukon .
Collectively, this physiographic province is known as the Yukon-Tanana Uplands, geologically the Yukon–Tanana terrane. The valleys below these ridges are of the 'Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga' ecoregion, with the Yukon River on the north and the Tanana River on the south. The mean elevation is 837 metres (2,746 ft), the highest is 2,745 ...
1 Geography. 2 Climate. 3 References. 4 External links. ... Climate data for Ogilvie River, Yukon, 1981-2006 normals, 1971-2008 extremes: 1959ft (597m) Month Jan Feb Mar