Mount Ulysses
Mount Ulysses | |
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Mount Ulysses British Columbia, Canada | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,024 m (9,921 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,289 m (7,510 ft)[1][2] |
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Coordinates | 57°20′47″N 124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°WCoordinates: 57°20′47″N 124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Muskwa Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 94F8 [3] |
Mount Ulysses, is the highest mountain in the Muskwa Ranges of the Northern Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey, in which here Ulysses wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca.[4]
Located north of the headwaters of the and to the south of Sikanni Chief Lake,[4] its very high prominence of 2,289 m (7,510 ft) is relative to Grand Pacific Pass, with its parent peak being an unnamed summit in the Fairweather Range, near Mount Fairweather.[1]
It was first climbed in 1961.
See also[]
- List of the most prominent summits of North America
- Highest mountain peaks of Canada
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mount Ulysses". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Ulysses". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ulysses, Mount". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
External links[]
Categories:
- Three-thousanders of British Columbia
- Canadian Rockies
- Northern Interior of British Columbia
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs