Mount Ulysses

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Mount Ulysses
Mount Ulysses is located in British Columbia
Mount Ulysses
Mount Ulysses
British Columbia, Canada
Highest point
Elevation3,024 m (9,921 ft)[1]
Prominence2,289 m (7,510 ft)[1][2]
Listing
  • Mountains of British Columbia
  • North America prominent peak 54th
  • North America isolated peaks 42nd
  • Canada highest major peaks 67th
  • Canada prominent peaks 21st
  • Canada most isolated peaks 15th
Coordinates57°20′47″N 124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°W / 57.34639; -124.09278Coordinates: 57°20′47″N 124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°W / 57.34639; -124.09278[3]
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeMuskwa Ranges
Topo mapNTS 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mount Ulysses". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. ^ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Ulysses". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ulysses, Mount". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

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