Mount Clemenceau | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,664 m (12,021 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 1,499 m (4,918 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | Mount Columbia (3,747 m) [1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 52°14′51″N117°57′28″W / 52.24750°N 117.95778°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 83C4 Clemenceau Icefield [2] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1923 by H. DeVillier-Schwab; W. Harris; H.Hall; D. Durand [1] |
Easiest route | glacier/snow climb |
Mount Clemenceau is the fourth highest mountain in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The peak was originally named "Pyramid" in 1892 by Arthur Coleman. [3] The mountain was renamed by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey in 1919 to its present name, which is for Georges Clemenceau, premier of France during World War I. [3]
Mt. Clemenceau was first climbed in 1923 by D.B. Durand, H.S. Hall, W.D. Harris and H.B. De V. Schwab. [1]
There are three standard climbing routes: [3]
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