Mount Whymper
Mount Whymper is a 2,845-metre mountain located in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada, in the Vermilion Pass area in Kootenay National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boom Mountain.
Boom Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boom Mountain is located north of Vermilion Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1908 after Boom Lake which is located right under the mountain.
Mount Whymper
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,069 metres
- Description: mountain in Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: East Kootenays, Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.22407° or 51° 13′ 27″ northLongitude
-116.0986° or 116° 5′ 55″ westElevation
2,069 metres (6,788 feet)Open location code
95356WF2+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689315671OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mount Whymper” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “mont Whymper”
- Catalan: “Mont Whymper”
- Cebuano: “Mount Whymper”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت وايمپير (كندا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت وايمپير”
- Hebrew: “הר וימפר (הרי הרוקי קנדיים)”
- Hebrew: “הר וימפר”
- Italian: “Monte Whymper (Edward)”
- Italian: “Monte Whymper”
- Ladin: “Mount Whymper”
- Swedish: “Mount Whymper, Kootenay nationalpark”
- Swedish: “Mount Whymper”
- Venetian: “Monte Whymper (Edward)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marble Canyon and Castle Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whymper W1 and Mount MOG.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Whymper”. Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.