Nanga Parbat Mountain (Canada)

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Nanga Parbat Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation 3,240 m (10,630 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 270 m (890 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Barnard (3340 m) [3]
Listing
Coordinates 51°42′21″N116°51′56″W / 51.70583°N 116.86556°W / 51.70583; -116.86556 [4]
Geography
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Nanga Parbat Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Nanga Parbat Mountain
Location in British Columbia
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Nanga Parbat Mountain
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River
Climbing
First ascent 1922 Howard Palmer, J. Monroe Thorington, Edward Feuz Jr. [1]

Nanga Parbat Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the head of the Mummery Glacier, North of Golden. [5] It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after the ninth highest mountain in the world Nanga Parbat, located in the Himalayas. [1] [3] Collie had climbed on Nanga Parbat in 1895. [6]

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References

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