Mount Kitchener
Mountain in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.
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Mount Kitchener | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,505 m (11,499 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 280 m (920 ft)[3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°12′58″N 117°19′15″W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Parent range | Winston Churchill Range |
Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer[1] |
Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
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Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by J. Norman Collie after David Douglas. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after Lord Kitchener, who had just been killed in World War I.[1]