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Whaleback Mountain is a summit in Yoho National Park in British Columbia’s Canadian Rockies, rising above the Little Yoho River and visible from the Trans-Canada Highway. Though not exceptionally high, it is distinguished by its steep local relief, climbing sharply from the surrounding terrain in a short distance. Its name reflects its whale-back profile: Edward Whymper chose it in 1901, the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Survey later applied it in 1916, and the Geographical Names Board of Canada officially adopted it in 1924. The mountain consists of sedimentary rock shaped by ancient seas and later uplift during the Laramide orogeny, and it lies in a cold subarctic climate.
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