Yukon
The Yukon is one of Canada's three northern territories. It is an area larger than Sweden, but with a population smaller than that of Sweden's 55th largest municipality.
Photo: Toady, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon. It has spectacular scenery, and easy access to the natural splendor and recreational opportunities around it, such as paddling on the Yukon River and hiking or biking its many trails. Photo: Dlogic, CC BY 3.0.Dawson City
Dawson City, officially the Town of the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Kluane National Park
Kluane National Park and Reserve is composed of two parts: a national park and a national park reserve in the southwest corner of Yukon. Photo: Kevin Teague, CC BY 2.0.Ivvavik National Park
Ivvavik National Park is a national park of Canada located in Yukon. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.Destinations
Herschel Island
Herschel Island, in the Beaufort Sea, lies 5 km off the coast of Yukon in Canada. Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 3.0.Vuntut National Park
Vuntut National Park is a national park in Yukon. It covers an area of 4,345 km². Photo: Chris Kyrzyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.Carmacks
Carmacks is a village of 500 people in Yukon. It is the home of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, a Northern Tutchone-speaking Aboriginal people. Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.Watson Lake
Watson Lake is a town in Yukon, Canada, located at mile 635 on the Alaska Highway close to the British Columbia border. Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.Haines Junction
Haines Junction is a village in southwestern Yukon with a population of 610. Photo: Anthony DeLorenzo, CC BY 2.0.Yukon
- Type: State
- Description: territory of Canada
- Categories: territory of Canada, census division of Canada and administrative territorial entity of Canada
- Location: Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- Neighbors: Alaska, British Columbia and Northwest Territories
Latitude of center 63.0001° or 63° 0' 0.5" north | Longitude of center -136.0025° or 136° 0' 9" west |
Population 33,900 | Abbreviation YT |
Elevation 847 metres (2779 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 305700707 |
GeoNames ID 6185811 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Yukon
- Albanian: Yukon
- Amharic: ዩካን
- Arabic: Yukon
- Arabic: يوكون
- Armenian: Յուկոն
- Asturian: Yukón
- Azerbaijani: Yukon
- Basque: Yukon
- Bavarian: Yukon
- Belarusian: Тэрыторыя Юкан
- Belarusian: Юкан
- Belarusian: Юкон
- Bengali: ইউকন
- Bosnian: Yukon
- Breton: Yukon
- Bulgarian: Юкон
- Burmese: ယူးကွန်းနယ်
- Catalan: Yukon
- Cebuano: Yukon (lalawigan)
- Cebuano: Yukon
- Central Kurdish: یووکان
- Chinese: Yukon
- Chinese: 育空
- Chinese: 育空地区
- Chinese: 育空地區
- Cornish: Yukon
- Croatian: Yukon
- Czech: Yukon
- Danish: Yukon
- Dimli (individual language): Yukon
- Dutch: Yukon
- English: YT
- English: Yukon Territory
- English: the Yukon
- Esperanto: Jukonio
- Esperanto: Jukonteritorio
- Esperanto: Teritorio Jukonio
- Esperanto: YT
- Estonian: Yukon
- Faroese: Yukon
- Finnish: Yukon
- French: Territoire du Yukon
- French: Yukon
- Galician: Yukón
- Georgian: იუკონი
- German: CA-YT
- German: Yukon
- German: Yukon-Territorium
- German: Yukon Territory
- German: Yukonterritorium
- Greek: Γιούκον
- Gujarati: યુકોન
- Hebrew: יוקון
- Hindi: युकॉन प्रांत
- Hungarian: Yukon
- Icelandic: Júkon
- Icelandic: Yukon
- Indonesian: Yukon
- Inupiaq: Yukon
- Irish: Yukon
- Italian: Yukon
- Japanese: ユーコン準州
- Kalaallisut: Yukon
- Kannada: ಯುಕಾನ್
- Korean: 유콘 준주
- Kurdish: Yukon
- Kurdish: Îwkon
- Ladino: Yukon
- Latin: Yukon
- Latvian: Jukona
- Ligurian: Yukon
- Literary Chinese: 育空地區
- Lithuanian: Jukonas
- Luxembourgish: Yukon
- Macedonian: Јукон
- Malay: Yukon
- Malayalam: യൂക്കോൺ
- Manx: Yukon
- Marathi: युकॉन
- Min Dong Chinese: Yukon
- Min Nan Chinese: Yukon
- Mingrelian: იუკონი
- Mongolian: Юкон
- Northern Frisian: Yukon
- Norwegian: Yukon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yukon
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Yukon
- Occitan (post 1500): Yukon
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܝܘܩܘܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Geocon
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Geocon Landscipe
- Ossetian: Юкон
- Pampanga: Yukon
- Panjabi: ਯੂਕੋਨ
- Persian: یوکان
- Piemontese: Yukon
- Polish: Jukon
- Portuguese: Iucão
- Portuguese: Yukon
- Romanian: Yukon
- Russia Buriat: Юкон
- Russian: Юкон
- Samogitian: Jukons
- Sardinian: Yukon
- Scots: Yukon
- Scottish Gaelic: Roinn an Iukon
- Serbian: Јукон
- Serbo-Croatian: Yukon
- Sinhala: යුන්කොන්
- Slovak: Yukon
- Slovenian: Jukon
- Spanish: Territorio del Yukón
- Spanish: YT
- Spanish: Yukon
- Spanish: Yukón
- Swahili: Yukon
- Swedish: Yukon
- Swedish: Yukon Territory
- Swedish: Yukonterritoriet
- Tagalog: Yukon
- Tamil: யூக்கான்
- Tatar: Юкон (территория)
- Tatar: Юкон
- Telugu: యుకాన్
- Thai: ยูคอน
- Turkish: Yukon
- Uighur: Yukon Rayoni
- Ukrainian: Юкон
- Urdu: يوكون
- Uzbek: Yukon
- Venetian: Yukon
- Vietnamese: Yukon
- Volapük: Yukon
- Võro: Yukon
- Waray (Philippines): Yukon
- Welsh: Yukon
- Western Frisian: Yukon
- Western Panjabi: يوكون
- Western Panjabi: یکون
- Wu Chinese: 育空地区
- Yakut: Юкон
- Yiddish: יוקאן
- Yue Chinese: 育空地區
- यूकॉन
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