Alaska–Yukon border

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The Alaska–Yukon border is the international boundary separating the U.S. state of Alaska from Canada’s Yukon Territory in northwestern North America.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border ⓘ
land border ⓘ
administeredBy Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of Yukon ⓘ
State of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska

United States federal government ⓘ
borderBetween Canadian territory of Yukon ⓘ
U.S. state of Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Alaska
country1 United States of America ⓘ
country2 Canada ⓘ
crossesBiome Arctic tundra ⓘ
boreal forest ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
definedBy Alaska Boundary Tribunal decision (1903) ⓘ
Alaska Purchase (1867) ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Purchase

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825) ⓘ
endPoint Alaska–British Columbia–Yukon tripoint ⓘ
near Mount Saint Elias ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
establishedInYear 1825 ⓘ
followsFeature 141st meridian west ⓘ
hasBorderMarkers boundary cairns ⓘ
survey monuments ⓘ
hasBorderPointWith Alaska–British Columbia border ⓘ
Yukon–British Columbia border ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasLegalStatus internationally recognized boundary ⓘ
lengthApproximate over 1200 kilometers ⓘ
over 750 miles ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
northwestern North America ⓘ
partOf Alaska–Canada border ⓘ
Canada–United States border ⓘ
passesNear Porcupine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Elias Mountains ⓘ
Wrangell–St. Elias Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Wrangell Mountains

Yukon River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Yukon River
passesThrough Arctic coastal plain ⓘ
regionType1 subarctic ⓘ
regionType2 Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
separates Alaska ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
startPoint Arctic Ocean ⓘ
surveyedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor customs control ⓘ
demarcation of national jurisdiction ⓘ
immigration control ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Logan → nearestInternationalBorder → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ
Hän Hwëchʼin language → traditionalRegion → Yukon–Alaska border region ⓘ
linked to: Alaska–Yukon border
Hankutchin → locatedIn → Yukon–Alaska border region ⓘ
linked to: Alaska–Yukon border
Mount St. Elias (Canadian portion) → locatedNear → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ
Yukon–British Columbia border → adjacentTo → Alaska–Yukon border (at western end) ⓘ
linked to: Alaska–Yukon border
Southwestern Yukon → partOfLargerRegion → Yukon–Alaska borderlands ⓘ
linked to: Alaska–Yukon border