Nanga Parbat Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,240 m (10,630 ft) |
Prominence | 270 m (890 ft) |
Parent peak | Mount Barnard (3340 m) |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°42′21″N 116°51′56″W / 51.70583°N 116.86556°W / 51.70583; -116.86556 |
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. |
Nanga Parbat Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the head of the Mummery Glacier, North of Golden. It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie after the ninth highest mountain in the world Nanga Parbat, located in the Himalayas. Collie had climbed on Nanga Parbat in 1895.
See also
References
- ^ "Nanga Parbat Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- "Topographic map of Nanga Parbat Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- ^ "Nanga Parbat Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- "Nanga Parbat Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- "Nanga Parbat Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
- Collie, Norman (2003). From the Himalaya to Skye. Rockbuy Limited. ISBN 1-904466-08-7.
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