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Mount Tyrwhitt

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Mount Tyrwhitt
Mount Tyrwhitt's north face with Grizzly col to the left
Highest point
Elevation2,874 m (9,429 ft)[1]
Prominence216 m (709 ft)[2]
Geography
Mount Tyrwhitt is located in British Columbia
Mount Tyrwhitt
Mount Tyrwhitt
Location in eastern British Columbia
LocationAlberta/British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeElk Range
Topo mapNTS 82J/10
Climbing
First ascent1915 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission[2]
Easiest routeScramble (Moderate)

Mount Tyrwhitt is a mountain in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada located between Highway 40 and Elk Pass in the Elk Range of the Canadian Rockies, west of the Highwood Pass parking lot in Kananaskis Country and south east of Upper Kananaskis Lake. Located on the Continental Divide, it is also therefore on the border between British Columbia and Alberta which follows the Divide in this area.

The mountain was named in 1918 after First Admiral Reginald Tyrwhitt, a senior officer in the Royal Navy during the First World War.[3]


See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Mount Tyrwhitt". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Tyrwhitt". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-12.