Mount Palmer (Alberta)

Mount Palmer
Mount Palmer Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation	3,150 m (10,330 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	270 m (890 ft) ^[2]
Coordinates	52°21′10″N 117°31′14″W / 52.35278°N 117.52056°W / 52.35278; -117.52056Coordinates: 52°21′10″N 117°31′14″W / 52.35278°N 117.52056°W / 52.35278; -117.52056 ^[3]
Geography
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Winston Churchill Range
Topo map	NTS 83C/05
Climbing
First ascent	1953 by G. Harr, G. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall, R. Van Aken
Easiest route	rock/snow climb

Mount Palmer is a mountain located in the Athabasca River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

Mt. Palmer lies southeast of Gong Lake. The mountain was named after American Howard Palmer, an early 20th-century explorer of the Selkirks and the Canadian Rockies.

References

↑ "Mount Palmer". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
↑ "Mount Palmer". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
↑ "Mount Palmer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

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