Nanga Parbat Mountain (Canada)

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]

Nanga Parbat Mountain
Highest point
Elevation3,240 m (10,630 ft)[1][2]
Prominence270 m (890 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Barnard (3340 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°42′21″N 116°51′56″W[4]
Geography
Nanga Parbat Mountain is located in Alberta
Nanga Parbat Mountain
Nanga Parbat Mountain
Nanga Parbat Mountain is located in British Columbia
Nanga Parbat Mountain
Nanga Parbat Mountain
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River
Climbing
First ascent1922 Howard Palmer, J. Monroe Thorington, Edward Feuz Jr.[1]

See also

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 Mountai". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  6. Collie, Norman (2003). From the Himalaya to Skye. Rockbuy Limited. ISBN 1-904466-08-7.
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