Mackenzie Mountains
Mountain range in northwestern Canada
title: "Mackenzie Mountains" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-yukon", "mountain-ranges-of-the-northwest-territories", "nahanni-national-park-reserve"] description: "Mountain range in northwestern Canada" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-yukon" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Mountains" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain range in northwestern Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mackenzie Mountains |
| photo | Keelepeak.jpg |
| photo_caption | Keele Peak, 2005 |
| country | Canada |
| subdivision2 | |
| subdivision2_type | Territories |
| highest | Keele Peak |
| elevation_m | 2952 |
| coordinates | |
| map | Canada Northwest Territories#Canada Yukon#Canada |
| map_caption | Location in the Northwest Territories##Location in Yukon##Location in Canada |
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| name=Mackenzie Mountains | photo=Keelepeak.jpg | photo_caption=Keele Peak, 2005 | country= Canada | subdivision2= | subdivision2_type=Territories | parent= | length_mi= | length_orientation= | width_mi= | width_orientation= | highest=Keele Peak | elevation_m=2952 | elevation_ref= | coordinates= | coordinates_ref= | geology= | orogeny= | map=Canada Northwest Territories#Canada Yukon#Canada | map_caption=Location in the Northwest Territories##Location in Yukon##Location in Canada | range_coordinates= | range_coordinates_ref= The Mackenzie Mountains are a Canadian mountain range forming part of the Yukon–Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers. The range is named in honour of Canada's second prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie. Nahanni National Park Reserve and Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve are in the Mackenzie Mountains.
The mining town of Tungsten, site of the Cantung Mine, is in the Mackenzie Mountains. Only two roads lead into the Mackenzie Mountains, both in Yukon: the Nahanni Range Road leading to the townsite of Tungsten and the Canol Road leading to the Macmillan Pass.
The highest mountain in this range is Keele Peak at 2952 m, in Yukon. The second-highest mountain is Mount Nirvana. It is, at 2773 m, the highest mountain in the Northwest Territories.
The Silurian fish family Archipelepididae has been described from specimens found in the Mackenzie Mountains.
Gallery
File:Alaska Panhandle-relief Mackenzie Mountains.png|Topographic map of the Alaska Panhandle with Mackenzie Mountains circled in red
References
References
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- [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mackenzie-mountains/ Mackenzie Mountains]
- (2001). "New and biostratigraphically useful thelodonts from the [[Silurian]] of the Mackenzie Mountains". [[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology]].
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