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Mount Whisler

Elevation
2,500 m
#6,371
in the world
#758
in Canada
450 m
prominence

Mount Whisler is a mountain in Canada, rising to 2,500 m, the 758th highest we list in Canada, part of the British Empire Range.

Range
British Empire Range
#2 in the range
Nearest town
Nuuk
2,118 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Mount Whisler

Mount Whisler lies in Canada, in Nunavut.

Key facts

Elevation
2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
450 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Nunavut
Coordinates
82.013, -74.529

How it ranks

Among peaks in Canada
#758of 1,389
LargestSmallest
In the British Empire Range
#2of 5
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,371of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Barbeau Peak2,616 m14 km
Mount Oxford2,210 m27 km
Arrowhead Mountain1,860 m42 km
Mount Biederbick1,542 m51 km
Commonwealth Mountain2,255 m55 km
Mount Nukap1,780 m63 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Whisler.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
NuukGreenland14,7982,118 km
AkureyriIceland19,2192,522 km
YellowknifeCanada20,3402,564 km
ReykjavíkIceland118,9182,621 km
KeflavíkIceland15,9302,622 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.