Mount Shackleton (British Columbia)

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Mount Shackleton
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Mount Shackleton
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 3,327 m (10,915 ft) [1]
Prominence 557 m (1,827 ft) [1]
Parent peak Tusk Peak (3362 m) [1]
Isolation 3.57 km (2.22 mi) [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 52°11′01″N117°54′11″W / 52.183611°N 117.903056°W / 52.183611; -117.903056 [3]
Naming
Etymology Ernest Shackleton
Geography
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District [4]
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS   83C4 Clemenceau Icefield [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1951 G.I. Bell and D. Michael [1]

Mount Shackleton is a mountain located in the Clemenceau Icefield, East of Cummins Lakes Provincial Park. Named in 1923 for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, who had died the previous year. [4]

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