Mount Burstall

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Mount Burstall
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Mount Burstall
Location in Alberta
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Mount Burstall
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,760 m (9,060 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 245 m (804 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Sir Douglas (3406 m) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°46′10″N115°19′31″W / 50.76944°N 115.32528°W / 50.76944; -115.32528 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Spray Mountains [5]
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type Sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent 1972 by M. Brown, I. Carruthers, C. Cobb, B.E. Seyforth [1] [3]
Easiest route Difficult Scramble [2]

Mount Burstall is a summit in Alberta, Canada. [4]

Mount Burstall was named for H. E. Burstall, a British army officer who commanded Canadian troops during World War I. [6] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Burstall". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. 1 2 Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Burstall". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN   978-1-77160-098-9.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Burstall". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Burstall". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. "Mount Burstall". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 27.