The Mitre
The Mitre is a 2,850-metre mountain summit located in the Lake Louise area of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Lefroy, 1.0 km to the west. Mount Aberdeen is 2.0 km to the north-northeast, Lefroy Glacier immediately north, Mitre Glacier southwest, and Paradise Valley to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Lefroy and Mount Aberdeen.
Mount Lefroy
Peak
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Mount Lefroy is a mountain on the Continental Divide, at the border of Alberta and British Columbia in western Canada. The mountain is located on the eastern side of Abbot Pass which separates Lake Louise in Banff National Park from Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park. Mount Victoria lies immediately on the western side of the pass.
Mount Aberdeen
Peak
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Mount Aberdeen is a 3,152-metre mountain summit located in the Lake Louise area of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Lefroy, 2.9 km to the southwest. Haddo Peak is on the same massif with Mount Aberdeen, and the Aberdeen Glacier is between the two peaks.
Abbot Pass
Mountain saddle
Abbot Pass lies between Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria, in the divide between the valleys of Lake O'Hara and Lake Louise. It was named for Philip Stanley Abbot who died in 1896 in an attempt to climb Mount Lefroy with Charles Fay, Charles Thompson, and George T.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Louise.
Lake Louise
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Lake Louise is a beautiful mountain lake in the middle of Banff National Park in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. The lake is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, and at the far end is a large glacier.
The Mitre
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,886 metres
- Description: mountain in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.36486° or 51° 21′ 54″ northLongitude
-116.26312° or 116° 15′ 47″ westElevation
2,886 metres (9,469 feet)Open location code
95359P7P+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689315688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“The Mitre” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Mitre (bukid sa Canada, Alberta)”
- Cebuano: “The Mitre”
- Dutch: “The Mitre”
- Persian: “کوه میتر”
- Swedish: “The Mitre”
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Notable Places Nearby
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