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Mount Backus

Elevation
1,686 m
#10,522
in the world
#1,279
in Canada

Mount Backus is a mountain in Canada, rising to 1,686 m, the 1,279th highest we list in Canada, part of the Canadian Rockies.

Range
Canadian Rockies
#71 in the range
Nearest town
Cranbrook
109 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Backus

Mount Backus lies in Canada, in Alberta.

Key facts

Elevation
1,686 m (5,531 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
Alberta
Coordinates
49.433, -114.269

How it ranks

Among peaks in Canada
#1,279of 1,389
LargestSmallest
In the Canadian Rockies
#71of 71
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,522of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mount Gladstone1,806 m14 km
Turtle Mountain2,210 m19 km
St. Eloi Mountain2,499 m19 km
Mount Haig2,612 m21 km
Hollebeke Mountain2,407 m22 km
Centre Mountain2,141 m24 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Backus.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
CranbrookCanada20,047109 km
LethbridgeCanada103,197109 km
KalispellUnited States22,052138 km
OkotoksCanada30,214146 km
CalgaryCanada1,306,784181 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.