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Mount Abbl

Coordinates: 54°41′02″N 121°42′33″W / 54.68389°N 121.70917°W / 54.68389; -121.70917
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Mount Abbl
Looking S across Mount Abbl toward Monkman Park
Highest point
Elevation2,012 m (6,601 ft)
Prominence654 m (2,146 ft)[1]
Parent peakScatia Peak (2383 m)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates54°41′02″N 121°42′33″W / 54.68389°N 121.70917°W / 54.68389; -121.70917[2]
Geography
Mount Abbl is located in British Columbia
Mount Abbl
Mount Abbl
Mount Abbl is located in Canada
Mount Abbl
Mount Abbl
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCariboo Land District[3]
Parent rangeMisinchinka Ranges
Topo mapNTS 93I12 Missinka River[2]

Mount Abbl is a 2,012-metre (6,601 ft) mountain in the Miscinchinka Ranges of the Hart Ranges in the Northern Rocky Mountains.[4]

Named for Canadian Army Private Ernest E. Abbl, from Prince George, BC. Private Abbl served with the 2nd Canadian Division, 5th Infantry Brigade, Calgary Highlanders and was killed in action 8 February 1945, age 19 in the opening days of Operation Veritable. He is buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, grave V.A.14.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Abbl". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Abbl". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Abbl". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Mount Abbl". PeakVisor.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.