Mount Cautley

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Mount Cautley
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Southeast aspect of Mount Cautley / Gibralter Rock
Highest point
Elevation 2,880 m (9,450 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 495 m (1,624 ft) [3] [notes 1]
Listing
Coordinates 50°54′28″N115°34′21″W / 50.90778°N 115.57250°W / 50.90778; -115.57250 [4]
Geography
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Mount Cautley
Location in Alberta
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Mount Cautley
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Cautley
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range Continental Ranges
Topo map NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine [4]

Mount Cautley is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, SE of Assiniboine Pass. [5] Richard W. Cautley was a surveyor from Ipswich, England. As part of the Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Commission, his party was in charge of mapping precise boundaries in the usable mountain passes of the Canadian Rockies. [6]

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References

  1. "Mount Cautley". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Cautley". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. "Mount Cautley". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Cautley (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. "Mount Cautley". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p.  60. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
Notes
  1. Based on a summit elevation of 2,870 m.