Gong Peak

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Gong Peak
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Gong Peak
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,120 m (10,240 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 280 m (920 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Smythe (3,246 m) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°22′11″N117°27′33″W / 52.36972°N 117.45917°W / 52.36972; -117.45917 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Winston Churchill Range [5]
Topo map NTS 83C6 Sunwapta Peak [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1936 by E. Cromwell, E. Cromwell Jr., F.S. North, J. Monroe Thorington [1] [3]
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Gong Peak is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The peak lies three km southeast of Mount Weiss. The mountain was named in 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after nearby Gong Lake. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gong Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2005-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Gong Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Gong Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. 1 2 "Gong Peak". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  5. ↑ NTS map sheet 83C06 Sunwapta Peak
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