Mount Steele | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,073 m (16,644 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 813 m (2,667 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Lucania |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 61°05′36″N 140°18′39″W / 61.09333°N 140.31083°W[3] |
Geography | |
Yukon, Canada | |
Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
Topo map | NTS 115F1 Mount Steele[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1935 by Walter Wood & party[1] |
Easiest route | glacier/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]