Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty | |
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![]() Mt. Beatty, Beatty Lake, Kananaskis Country, AB | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,004 m (9,856 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 642 m (2,106 ft)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Maude (3043 m)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°40′10″N 115°17′23″W / 50.66944°N 115.28972°WCoordinates: 50°40′10″N 115°17′23″W / 50.66944°N 115.28972°W[3] |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Mount Beatty Location in Alberta and British Columbia | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission[1] |
Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War.[1][2][4][5]
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References[]
- ^ a b c "Mount Beatty". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Beatty". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ a b "Mount Beatty". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. babel.hathitrust.org. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
Categories:
- Three-thousanders of Alberta
- Three-thousanders of British Columbia
- Alberta geography stubs
- British Columbia geography stubs