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Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington is located in British Columbia
Mount Wellington
Mount Wellington
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 1,727 m (5,666 ft)
Prominence 631 m (2,070 ft) on the west side of Queens Reach Jervis Inlet, northeast of Powell River (city), New Westminster Land District
Geography
Location Jervis Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Pacific Ranges
Topo map NTS 092.J.04

Mount Wellington is a mountain located at the Queens Reach arm of the Jervis Inlet within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia Canada. The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper who charted all of the area and named the mountain after Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at the famous battle of Waterloo.

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