Nanga Parbat Mountain (Canada)

Nanga Parbat Mountain
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	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°42′21″N116°51′56″W / 51.70583°N 116.86556°W / 51.70583; -116.86556 [4]
Geography
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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]

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

References

1. "Nanga Parbat Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
2. "Topographic map of Nanga Parbat Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
3. "Nanga Parbat Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
4. "Nanga Parbat Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-06-09.
5. "Nanga Parbat Mountain". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-09-01.
6. Collie, Norman (2003). From the Himalaya to Skye. Rockbuy Limited. ISBN   1-904466-08-7.