Marmolata Mountain

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Marmolata Mountain, The Bugaboos
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Marmolata Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 3,019 m (9,905 ft) [1]
Prominence 149 m (489 ft) [1]
Coordinates 50°43′16″N116°46′55″W / 50.72111°N 116.78194°W / 50.72111; -116.78194 [1]
Geography
Marmolata Mountain
Location British Columbia, Canada
District Kootenay Land District
Parent range Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo map NTS 82K10 Howser Creek
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent August, 1930 Conrad Kain; Peter Kaufmann; E. Cromwell [1]

Marmolata Mountain is a nunatak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1930 by Eaton Cromwell because he thought it looked similar to the highest of the Italian Dolomites. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.