Mount Palmer (Alberta)

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Mount Palmer
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Mount Palmer
Location in Alberta
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 / 52.35278; -117.52056 [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

Mount Palmer is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. [1]

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Palmer". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Palmer". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Palmer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  4. ↑ "Mount Palmer". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2013-05-17.


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