Mount Warspite

Mount Warspite
Mount Warspite, northeast face
Highest point
Elevation2,860 m (9,380 ft)[1]
Prominence240 m (790 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Black Prince (2939 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°40′52″N 115°12′59″W / 50.68111°N 115.21639°W / 50.68111; -115.21639[2]
Geography
Mount Warspite is located in Alberta
Mount Warspite
Mount Warspite
Location of Mount Warspite in Alberta
Mount Warspite is located in Canada
Mount Warspite
Mount Warspite
Mount Warspite (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent range
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[2]
Climbing
Easiest routeScrambling

Mount Warspite is a 2,860-metre (9,380-foot) mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Smith-Dorrien Road (742), and Alberta Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Warspite's nearest higher peak is Mount Black Prince, located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) to the northwest.[1]

Like many of the mountains in Kananaskis Country, Mount Warspite is named after figures and ships involved in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, a significant naval engagement of the First World War. Mount Warspite was named in 1917 for the British battleship HMS Warspite, one of the most decorated and revered ships in Royal Navy history that fought during the Battle of Jutland in World War I, and survived to also serve in World War II.[3][4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Warspite". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Warspite". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ Battle of Jutland Alberta Historic Places
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 131.