Photo: Looking north to Mount Jellicoe from the south end of the Haig Glaicer (courtesy Jonathan Coe)
Mount Jellicoe
- 3246 m (10,650ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
50.7144N -115.289W
Located between the Haig Glacier and the Upper Kananaskis River
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Located between the Haig Glacier and the Upper Kananaskis River
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Ascent Date: 1922
Ascent Party: E.W. Crawford, M.D. Geddes, W. Gillespie, M.P. Hendrie, N.D.B. Hendrie
Ascent Party: E.W. Crawford, M.D. Geddes, W. Gillespie, M.P. Hendrie, N.D.B. Hendrie
Year Named: 1918
Named for: Jellicoe, Sir John R. (As commander of the British Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1916, Sir John Jellicoe led the Royal Navy into the Battle of Jutland during WW I.)
Named for: Jellicoe, Sir John R. (As commander of the British Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1916, Sir John Jellicoe led the Royal Navy into the Battle of Jutland during WW I.)
Looking northwest to Mount Jellicoe (at front) from Mount Warspite with Mount Sir Douglas (at left beyond) and Mount French (at right beyond) (courtesy Sonny Bou)
Photo: Looking east to Mount Jellicoe from the Haig Glacier (courtesy Alan Kane)