Photo: Defender Mountain from the east on the north end of Northover Ridge, The Royal Group beyond (courtesy Bennett Wong)
Defender Mountain
- 2790 m (9,154ft)
- Naming History
50.6000N -115.290W
Located in the Palliser River Valley
Province: BC
Headwater: Kootenay
Located in the Palliser River Valley
Province: BC
Headwater: Kootenay
Year Named: 1921
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: HMS Defender was a destroyer which particpated in the Battle of Jutland during WW I.
Named by: Interprovincial Boundary Survey
Named for: HMS Defender was a destroyer which particpated in the Battle of Jutland during WW I.