Mount K2
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Mount K2 is a mountain
located in the upper Athabasca River
Valley of Jasper National Park
, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener
. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada
president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener, and not K2
.
Mountain
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located in the upper Athabasca River
Athabasca River
The Athabasca River originates from the Columbia Glacier of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada...
Valley of Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km² . It is located in the province of Alberta, north of Banff National Park and west of the City of Edmonton. The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and...
, 1½ km east of Mount Kitchener
Mount Kitchener
Mount Kitchener is a mountain located within the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park, which is part of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway near Sunwapta Pass....
. The mountain was named in 1938 by Rex Gibson (former Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club of Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada is a mountain club with a National Office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for...
president), apparently to signify this as a secondary peak of Mount Kitchener, and not K2
K2
K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest...
.