Mount Synge | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,972 m (9,751 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 47 m (154 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Aiguille Peak (2,999 m)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°48′20″N 116°39′44″W / 51.805556°N 116.662222°W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District[5] |
Protected area | Banff National Park |
Parent range | Waputik Mountains Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1952 Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mendenhall |
Mount Synge is located NE of the head of the Blaeberry River and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[5] It was named in 1918 after Captain Millington Henry Synge (1823–1907), British Army officer and author.[1][3]