The Lieutenants

The Lieutenants
The Lieutenants
	The Lieutenants, south aspect
Highest point
Elevation	3,270 m (10,730 ft)
Prominence	722 m (2,369 ft)
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°24′59″N 116°35′20″W / 50.41639°N 116.58889°W
Geography
	The Lieutenants Location in British Columbia The Lieutenants The Lieutenants (Canada)
Location	British Columbia, Canada
District	Kootenay Land District
Parent range	Purcell Mountains
Topo map	NTS 82K7 Duncan Lake

The Lieutenants, elevation 3,270 metres (10,728 ft), are peaks located in the Purcell Mountains of southeast British Columbia, Canada.^[3] It is situated 40 km (25 mi) west of Invermere on the boundary of Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality. The nearest higher peak is Karnak Mountain, 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast, and Commander Mountain is set 2.12 km (1.32 mi) to the east.^[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted July 17, 1962, when approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. Based on the Köppen climate classification, The Lieutenants is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into headwaters of Jumbo Creek and Horsethief Creek, both tributaries of the Columbia River.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Lieutenants East, The - 10,728' BC". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
^ ^a ^b "The Lieutenants". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
^ "The Lieutenants". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
^ "The Lieutenants, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.