Mount English | |
Elevation M: | 2680. |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 578 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Isolation Km: | 5.15 |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
District: | Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
Range: | Gold Range Monashee Mountains |
Parent Peak: | Mount Tilley (2,649 m) |
Listing: | Mountains of British Columbia |
Etymology: | George Melville English |
Map: | British Columbia#Canada |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map of Mount English |
Coordinates: | 50.8894°N -118.3739°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Mount English is a 2680abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit located in the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Situated 17km (11miles) southwest of Revelstoke, this peak is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway and Revelstoke Mountain Resort ski slopes. Neighbors include Mount Macpherson 8km (05miles) to the northeast, Mount Tilley 5km (03miles) to the east, and Mount Begbie is 8km (05miles) to the east.[3] Precipitation runoff from Mount English drains into tributaries of the Eagle River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,540 meters (5,052 ft) above Wap Creek in 3km (02miles).
Mount English was named to remember George Melville English (1918–1943), a Canadian Army Sergeant from Revelstoke. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery, but he died September 15, 1943, age 24, in an automobile accident.[1] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted April 29, 1965, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount English is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Despite the modest elevation, the climate supports an unnamed glacier on the northeast slope.