| Mount Cairnes | |
| Elevation M: | 2810 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence M: | 1990 |
| Range: | Saint Elias Mountains[2] |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Maxwell (3020 m) |
| Location: | Kluane National Park and Reserve Yukon, Canada |
| Map: | Canada Yukon |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 60.8683°N -138.2769°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Mount Cairnes is a 2810abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit in the Saint Elias Mountains on the boundary line of Kluane National Park in Yukon, Canada.[3] The mountain is situated 440NaN0 west of Haines Junction, 180NaN0 southeast of Kluane Lake, and can be seen from the Alaska Highway midway between the two. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Maxwell, 27.7km (17.2miles) to the southwest.[1] The mountain's name was officially adopted February 3, 1981, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3] Clive Elmore Cairnes (1892–1954) was active with the Geological Survey of Canada as well as the Geographic Board of Canada until his retirement in 1953. He was related to noted geologist DeLorme Donaldson Cairnes (1879–1917), for whom this mountain is named.[4]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cairnes is located in a subarctic climate with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the peak and meltwater from its pocket glaciers drains into tributaries of the Kaskawulsh River.