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: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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, biking, or skiing its many trails. Photo: Dlogic, CC BY 3.0.Dawson City
Dawson City, officially 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 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.- Type: State
- Description: territory of Canada
- Categories: territory of Canada, census division of Canada and locality
- Location: Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- Neighbors: Alaska, British Columbia and Northwest Territories
Destinations
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.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.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
Latitude of center
63.0001° or 63° 0' 1" northLongitude of center
-136.0025° or 136° 0' 9" westPopulation
33,900Elevation
847 metres (2,779 feet)Abbreviation
YTOpenStreetMap ID
node 305700707GeoNames ID
6185811Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Yukon
- Albanian: Yukon
- Amharic: ዩካን
- Arabic: Yukon
- Arabic: يوكون
- Aramaic: ܝܘܩܘܢ
- Armenian: Յուկոն
- Asturian; Bable: 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: Yukon
- Dutch: Yukon
- English, Old (ca.450-1100): Geocon
- English, Old (ca.450-1100): Geocon Landscipe
- English: Territory of the 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: CA-YT
- French: Territoire du Yukon
- French: YT
- French: Yukon
- Frisian: Yukon
- Gaelic (Scots): Roinn an Iukon
- Gallegan: 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
- Kazakh: Юкон
- Korean: 유콘 준주
- Kurdish: Yukon
- Kurdish: Îwkon
- Ladino: Yukon
- Latin: Yukon
- Latvian: Jukona
- Letzeburgesch: Yukon
- Ligurian: Yukon
- Lithuanian: Jukonas
- Macedonian: Јукон
- Malay (generic): 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); Provençal: Yukon
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Юкон
- Pampanga: Yukon
- Panjabi: ਯੂਕੋਨ
- Persian: یوکان
- Piemontese: Yukon
- Polish: Jukon
- Portuguese: Iucão
- Portuguese: Yukon
- Romanian: Yukon
- Russia Buriat: Юкон
- Russian: Юкон
- Sardinian: Yukon
- Scots: Yukon
- Serbian: Јукон
- Serbo-Croatian: Yukon
- Sinhalese: යුන්කොන්
- Slovak: Yukon
- Slovenian: Jukon
- South Azerbaijani: یوکان
- Spanish: Territorio del Yukón
- Spanish: YT
- Spanish: Yukon
- Spanish: Yukón
- Swahili (generic): 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
- Waray (Philippines): Yukon
- Welsh: Yukon
- Western Panjabi: يوكون
- Western Panjabi: یکون
- Wu Chinese: 育空地区
- Yakut: Юкон
- Yiddish: יוקאן
- Yue Chinese: 育空地區
- Jukons
- Yuukan
- यूकॉन
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