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Mount Frederick William
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Mt. Frederick William
Highest point
Elevation 1,818 m (5,965 ft)
Prominence W. of N. end of Princess Royal Reach, New Westminster Land District
Geography
Mount Frederick William is located in British Columbia
Mount Frederick William
Mount Frederick William
Location in British Columbia
Location Jervis Inlet , British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Pacific Ranges
Topo map NTS 92/J4

Mount Frederick William is a mountain located at the Queen 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 which charted all of the area and named the mountain after the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick William, who had married Princess Victoria, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

This mountain has been given the nickname of Frankenstein for it has the familiar profile of the famous monster's face.

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