Mount Cautley

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Mount Cautley
Mount Cautley is located in Alberta
Mount Cautley
Mount Cautley
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation2,870 m (9,420 ft)[1]
Prominence495 m (1,624 ft)
Coordinates50°54′43″N 115°34′02″W / 50.91194°N 115.56722°W / 50.91194; -115.56722Coordinates: 50��54′43″N 115°34′02″W / 50.91194°N 115.56722°W / 50.91194; -115.56722
Geography
LocationAlberta
British Columbia
Parent rangeContinental Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine

Mount Cautley is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide.[1][2] Richard W. Cautley was a surveyor from Ipswich, England. As part of the Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Commission, his party was in charge or mapping precise boundaries in the usable mountain passes of the Canadian Rockies.[3]

See also[]

  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
  • Mountains of Alberta
  • Mountains of British Columbia

References[]

  1. ^ a b PeakFinder
  2. ^ Mount Cautley
  3. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.


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