Mount Garth

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Mount Garth
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Mount Garth
Location in SW Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,043 m (9,984 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 103 m (338 ft) [1]
Parent peak Coronation Mountain (3176 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°47′56″N116°54′50″W / 51.79888°N 116.91388°W / 51.79888; -116.91388 [3]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS   82N15 Mistaya Lake [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1934 by H.S. Kingman, J. Monroe Thorington, Rudolph Aemmer (guide) [4]

Mount Garth is a summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada located directly south of Coronation Mountain. [3] [4] [2]

Mount Garth was named in 1920 after John McDonald of Garth, a businessman in the fur industry. [5] [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. 1 2 "Topographic map of Mount Garth". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 56. Retrieved 2021-08-31– via babel.hathitrust.org.
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