Rabbit Mountain

Rabbit Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 2,090 m (6,860 ft)
Prominence 245 m (804 ft)
Coordinates 61°50′26.9″N 140°59′55.3″W / 61.840806°N 140.998694°W / 61.840806; -140.998694Coordinates: 61°50′26.9″N 140°59′55.3″W / 61.840806°N 140.998694°W / 61.840806; -140.998694
Geography
Location Yukon, Canada
Parent range Wrangell Volcanic Field, Nutzotin Mountains
Topo map NTS 115F/15
Geology
Age of rock Pliocene
Mountain type Outcrop
Last eruption Pliocene
Climbing
Easiest route mining road

Rabbit Mountain is an eroded volcanic outcrop in the Wrangell Volcanic Field, Yukon Territory, Canada, located 30 km southwest of Koidern and 4 km northwest of Canyon Mountain. It is east of the Yukon-Alaska boundary and can be accessed by old mining roads that reach Rabbit Creek. Rabbit Mountain formed as a result of melting of the crust, due to subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate and last erupted during the Pliocene. Like most volcanoes in the Yukon, Rabbit Mountain is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, that includes over 160 active volcanoes.

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