Mount Steele

Mount Steele
Highest point
Elevation5,073 m (16,644 ft)[1][2]
Prominence813 m (2,667 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Lucania
Listing
Coordinates61°05′36″N 140°18′39″W / 61.09333°N 140.31083°W / 61.09333; -140.31083[3]
Geography
Mount Steele is located in Canada
Mount Steele
Mount Steele
Yukon, Canada
Parent rangeSaint Elias Mountains
Topo mapNTS 115F1 Mount Steele[3]
Climbing
First ascent1935 by Walter Wood & party[1]
Easiest routeglacier/snow/ice climb

Mount Steele is the fifth-highest mountain in Canada and either the tenth- or eleventh-highest peak in North America. Its exact elevation is uncertain. Commonly-quoted figures are 5,073 metres (16,644 ft) and 5,020 metres (16,470 ft). A lower southeast peak of Mt. Steele stands at 4,300 m (14,100 ft).

It was named after Sir Sam Steele, the North-West Mounted Police officer in charge of the force in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Steele". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2004-10-04.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Steele". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Steele". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-07-17.