Gendarme Mountain

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Gendarme Mountain
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Gendarme Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Gendarme Mountain
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,927 m (9,603 ft) [1]
Prominence 437 m (1,434 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Anne-Alice (3026 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 53°12′37″N118°12′34″W / 53.21028°N 118.20944°W / 53.21028; -118.20944 [2]
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Park Ranges [1]
Topo map NTS   83E3 Mount Robson [2]

Gendarme Mountain is a summit in Alberta, Canada. [2]

The mountain keeps watch over the area like a gendarme, hence the name. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gendarme Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gendarme Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  3. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 56 via hathitrust.org.