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 Yukon
Mount Steele
Mount Steele
Location in Yukon
Map
Interactive map of Mount Steele
LocationYukon, 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.