Howse Peak
Howse Peak is the highest mountain in the Waputik Mountains, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. It is located 5 km west of the Icefields Parkway, above Chephren Lake, on the continental divide between Alberta and British Columbia.Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Synge and Midway Peak.
Mount Synge
Peak
Mount Synge is located NE of the head of the Blaeberry River and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border in the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1918 after Captain Millington Henry Synge, British Army officer and author.
Midway Peak
Peak
Photo: Eggbones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Midway Peak is a 2,923 metres mountain summit located on the Continental Divide, on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies.
Mount Chephren
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Chephren is a mountain located in the Mistaya River Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. Mount Chephren was named after Chephren, the 4th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh.
Howse Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,295 metres
- Description: mountain on border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.8134° or 51° 48′ 48″ northLongitude
-116.68072° or 116° 40′ 51″ westElevation
3,295 metres (10,810 feet)Open location code
9535R879+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 2697236463OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Howse Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Howse Peak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Howse Peak”
- Cebuano: “Howse Peak”
- Czech: “Howse Peak”
- Dutch: “Howse Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوس پياك”
- German: “Howse Peak”
- Hebrew: “פסגת הואוס”
- Italian: “Howse Peak”
- Japanese: “ハウス・ピーク”
- Ladin: “Howse Peak”
- Slovak: “Howse Peak”
- Swedish: “Howse Peak”
- Venetian: “Howse Peak”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aiguille Peak and White Pyramid.
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