Gilgit Mountain
Gilgit Mountain is located in Alberta
Gilgit Mountain
Gilgit Mountain
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Gilgit Mountain is located in British Columbia
Gilgit Mountain
Gilgit Mountain
Gilgit Mountain (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,090 m (10,140 ft)[1][2]
Prominence62 m (203 ft)[3]
Parent peakNanga Parbat Mountain (3270 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°42′33″N 116°51′16″W / 51.7091°N 116.8544°W / 51.7091; -116.8544[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]
Climbing
First ascent1922 Howard Palmer, J. Monroe Thorington, Edward Feuz jr.[3]

Gilgit Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the head of Waitabit Creek and NE of Golden.[5] It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie for Gilgit, Pakistan. Collie had accompanied Albert F. Mummery in an expedition to Nanga Parbat in 1895 where Mummery and two Gurkhas were killed in an avalanche on the mountain. Gilgit was the last civilization seen by the expedition.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gilgit Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  2. "Topographic map of Gilgit Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Gilgit Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  4. 1 2 "Gilgit Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  5. "Gilgit Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-01.


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