Mount Balfour
| Mount Balfour | |
|---|---|
  Mount Balfour Location in Alberta | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,284 m (10,774 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 934 m (3,064 ft) [2] |
| Coordinates | 51°33′55″N 116°27′58″W / 51.56528°N 116.46611°WCoordinates: 51°33′55″N 116°27′58″W / 51.56528°N 116.46611°W [3] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Alberta / British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Waputik Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/09 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1898 C.L. Noyes, C.S. Thompson, G.M. Weed; Appalachian Mountain Club |
For the mountain on the Antarctic Peninsula, see Mount Balfour (Antarctica).
Mount Balfour is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, part of the border between British Columbia and Alberta, in the Waputik Range in the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies.[1][2]It is the 49th highest peak in Alberta and the 63rd highest in British Columbia; it is also the 52nd most prominence in Alberta.
The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 after Professor John Hutton Balfour, a Scottish botanist and instructor at the University of Edinburgh where Hector had studied.[3]
See also
- Mountains of Alberta
- Mountains of British Columbia
- List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
References
- 1 2 "Mount Balfour". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- 1 2 "Mount Balfour". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- 1 2 "Mount Balfour". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
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