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Karnak Mountain is a 3,411-metre summit in southeastern British Columbia's Purcell Mountains, forming with nearby Jumbo Mountain a double-summit massif that ranks as the second-highest in the range. Named in 1910 by Winthrop Stone and A.H. MacCarthy after the Egyptian temple complex at Karnak, it was first recorded climbed on August 14, 1915, by A.H. and E.L. MacCarthy, Dr. and Mrs. Winthrop Stone, and guide Conrad Kain via the southwest slopes. Officially adopted in 1960, the mountain is noted for its severe subarctic climate, drainage into Jumbo Creek, and several established climbing routes, including the southwest slopes, northeast face, and west face.
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