Mount Ulysses

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Mount Ulysses
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Mount Ulysses
Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 3,024 m (9,921 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 2,289 m (7,510 ft) [1] [3]
Listing
Coordinates 57°20′47″N124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°W / 57.34639; -124.09278 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
DistrictPeace River Land District
Parent range Muskwa Ranges
Topo map NTS 94F8 Cyclops Peak [4]
Climbing
First ascent August 16, 1961 [5]

Mount Ulysses, is the highest mountain in the Muskwa Ranges of the Northern Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey , in which here Ulysses wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca. [5]

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Located north of the headwaters of the Akie River and to the south of Sikanni Chief Lake, [5] its very high prominence of 2,289 m (7,510 ft) is relative to Grand Pacific Pass, with its parent peak being an unnamed summit in the Fairweather Range, near Mount Fairweather. [1]

It was first climbed in 1961. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Ulysses". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. "Topographic map of Ulysses Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  3. "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Ulysses". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Ulysses". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2018-03-06.