Alaska–Yukon border

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international border land border

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

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yukon–Alaska border region	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ land border ⓘ
administeredBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderBetween	Canadian territory of Yukon ⓘ U.S. state of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
country1	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossesBiome	Arctic tundra ⓘ boreal forest ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ
definedBy	Alaska Boundary Tribunal decision (1903) NERFINISHED ⓘ Alaska Purchase (1867) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endPoint	Alaska–British Columbia–Yukon tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ near Mount Saint Elias ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
establishedInYear	1825 ⓘ
followsFeature	141st meridian west ⓘ
hasBorderMarkers	boundary cairns ⓘ survey monuments ⓘ
hasBorderPointWith	Alaska–British Columbia border NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon–British Columbia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	internationally recognized boundary ⓘ
lengthApproximate	over 1200 kilometers ⓘ over 750 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ northwestern North America ⓘ
partOf	Alaska–Canada border NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada–United States border NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesNear	Porcupine River NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrangell–St. Elias Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon River headwaters NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Arctic coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType1	subarctic ⓘ
regionType2	Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates	Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPoint	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
surveyedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	customs control ⓘ demarcation of national jurisdiction ⓘ immigration control ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mount Logan → nearestInternationalBorder → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ

Hän Hwëchʼin language → traditionalRegion → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon–Alaska border region

Hankutchin → locatedIn → Alaska–Yukon border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yukon–Alaska border region