Mount Palmer | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,150 m (10,330 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 270 m (890 ft) [3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°21′10″N117°31′14″W / 52.35278°N 117.52056°W [4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Protected area | Jasper National Park |
Parent range | Winston Churchill Range |
Topo map | NTS 83C5 Fortress Lake |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1953 by G. Harr, G. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall, R. Van Aken [1] [3] |
Easiest route | rock/snow climb |
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Mt. Palmer lies southeast of Gong Lake. The mountain was named after American Howard Palmer, an early 20th-century explorer of the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies. [1] [3]
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