Nanga Parbat Mountain (Canada)
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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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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″N 116°51′56″W[4] |
Geography | |
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] |
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