Mount Cautley
Southeast aspect of Mount Cautley / Gibralter Rock
Highest point
Elevation2,880 m (9,450 ft)[1][2]
Prominence495 m (1,624 ft)[3][notes 1]
Listing
Coordinates50°54′28″N 115°34′21″W / 50.90778°N 115.57250°W / 50.90778; -115.57250[4]
Geography
Mount Cautley is located in Alberta
Mount Cautley
Mount Cautley
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Cautley is located in British Columbia
Mount Cautley
Mount Cautley
Mount Cautley (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeContinental Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[4]

Mount Cautley is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, SE of Assiniboine Pass.[5] Richard W. Cautley was a surveyor from Ipswich, England. As part of the Alberta/British Columbia Boundary Commission, his party was in charge of mapping precise boundaries in the usable mountain passes of the Canadian Rockies.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Cautley". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Cautley". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Mount Cautley". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Cautley (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. ↑ "Mount Cautley". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. ↑ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
Notes
  1. ↑ Based on a summit elevation of 2,870 m.


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