Mount Palmer (Alberta)

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Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer is located in Alberta
Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,150 m (10,330 ft)[1]
Prominence270 m (890 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°21′10″N 117°31′14″W / 52.35278°N 117.52056°W / 52.35278; -117.52056Coordinates: 52°21′10″N 117°31′14″W / 52.35278°N 117.52056°W / 52.35278; -117.52056[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeWinston Churchill Range
Topo mapNTS 83C5
Climbing
First ascent1953 by G. Harr, G. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall, R. Van Aken[1][2]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

Mount Palmer is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.[1]

Mt. Palmer lies southeast of Gong Lake. The mountain was named after American Howard Palmer, an early 20th-century explorer of the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Palmer". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Palmer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ "Mount Palmer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-17.


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