Mount Beatty

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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″N115°17′23″W / 50.66944°N 115.28972°W / 50.66944; -115.28972 Coordinates: 50°40′10″N115°17′23″W / 50.66944°N 115.28972°W / 50.66944; -115.28972 [3]
Geography
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Mount Beatty
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty (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

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Beatty". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Beatty". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Beatty". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. 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.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. babel.hathitrust.org. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-07-06.