Mount Tyrwhitt is a

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and

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, located between Highway 40 and Elk Pass in the Elk Range of the

Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies () or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, w ...

, west of the Highwood Pass parking lot in

Kananaskis Country Kananaskis Country (abbreviated: K-Country) is a multi-use area west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the Rocky Mountain Foothills, foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its western edge borders Banff National Park and the Alberta-Br ...

and south east of

Upper Kananaskis Lake Upper Kananaskis Lake is a natural lake that was turned into a reservoir in Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada. Upper Kananaskis Lake, along with the Lower Kananaskis Lake, is located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park . The lake is part of a ...

. Located on the

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, it is also therefore on the border between British Columbia and Alberta, which follows the Divide in this area. The mountain was named in 1918 after First Admiral

Reginald Tyrwhitt Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, (; 10 May 1870 – 30 May 1951) was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force. He led a supporting naval force of 31 destroyers an ...

, a senior officer in the

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File:Mount Tyrwhitt from Kananaskis Trail.jpeg, Mount Tyrwhitt from Kananaskis Trail

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* Two-thousanders of Alberta Two-thousanders of British Columbia Great Divide of North America Elk Range (Canada) Kootenay Land District {{BritishColumbiaInterior-mountain-stub

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