Kicking Horse Pass (Alta. and B.C.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
מעבר קיקינג הורס (אלברטה ובריטיש קולומביה)
Name (Latin)
Kicking Horse Pass (Alta. and B.C.)
Coordinates
-116.283 -116.283 51.4528 51.4528 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountain passes Alberta
Mountain passes British Columbia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q392154
Library of congress: sh2005020382
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Electr. reprod./Austin, M. Wolverine winter travel routes and response to transportation corridors in Kicking Horse Pass between Yoho and Banff National Parks, 1998:leaf 9 (Kicking Horse Pass runs east-west and crosses the Continental Divide at an elevation of 1627 m (5339 ft). The pass is wide and flat with approximately 2.5 km between the 1829 m (6000 ft) contours on the north and south sides of the pass)
  • GEOnet, June 6, 2005(Kicking Horse Pass, PASS, 51⁰27ʹ00ʺN 116⁰17ʹ00ʺW, Alta.)
  • Canadian geographical names, via WWW, June 6, 2005(Kicking Horse Pass, Alta., Valley, 51⁰27ʹ00ʺN - 116⁰17ʹ00ʺW; Kicking Horse Pass, B.C., Valley, 51⁰27ʹ10ʺN - 116⁰17ʹ05ʺW)
  • BC Geographical Names Information System, via WWW, June 6, 2005(Kicking Horse Pass, Pass, 51⁰27ʹ10ʺ 116⁰17ʹ05ʺ. On Hwy 1, BC-Alberta boundary, between Field and Lake Louise, Alberta, Kootenay Land District)

Wikipedia description:

Kicking Horse Pass (el. 1,627 metres; 5,338 ft) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff national parks. Divide Creek forks onto both sides of the continental divide.

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