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Yukon Plateau
Map showing the location of Yukon Plateau
Map showing the location of Yukon Plateau
Location in Yukon
Location British Columbia and Yukon
Coordinates 62°15′00″N 137°15′00″W / 62.25000°N 137.25000°W / 62.25000; -137.25000
Part of Intermontane Plateaus

The Yukon Plateau is a plateau (also defined as a plain) located in the Yukon Territory, comprising much of the central and southern Yukon Territory and the far northern part of British Columbia, Canada between Tagish Lake (W) and the Cassiar Mountains (E) and north of the Nakina River.

Sub-plateaus include the Teslin Plateau and the Nisutlin Plateau, west and east of Teslin Lake, respectively.

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