Mount Shackleton | |
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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″N 117°54′11″W / 52.183611°N 117.903056°W[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]