Simpson Pass
Simpson Pass, el. 2,107 m, is a mountain pass on the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the area of the Ball Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Twin Cairns and The Monarch.
Twin Cairns
Peak
Twin Cairns is a mountain located southeast of Simpson Pass and southwest of Banff Sunshine, along the Continental Divide which separates British Columbia and Alberta in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada.
The Monarch
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Monarch is a 2,895-metre mountain summit located in the Ball Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. The Monarch is situated on the boundary between Kootenay National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, four kilometres to the west side of the Continental Divide.
Simpson Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,139 metres
- Description: mountain pass on border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.08025° or 51° 4′ 49″ northLongitude
-115.83106° or 115° 49′ 52″ westElevation
2,139 metres (7,018 feet)Open location code
953635J9+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4110009104OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Simpson Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Simpson Pass”
- German: “Simpson Pass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר סימפסון”
- Swedish: “Simpson Pass”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Simpson Pass and Monarch Ramparts.
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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 “Simpson Pass”. Photo: JakubFrys, CC BY-SA 4.0.