Mount Galatea

Mount Galatea
Mount Galatea from Galatea Lakes in July 2007
Highest point
Elevation	3,185 m (10,449 ft) ^[1]^[2]
Prominence	1,280 m (4,200 ft) ^[2]
Coordinates	50°50′24″N 115°16′24″W / 50.84000°N 115.27333°W / 50.84000; -115.27333Coordinates: 50°50′24″N 115°16′24″W / 50.84000°N 115.27333°W / 50.84000; -115.27333 ^[2]
Geography
Mount Galatea Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis Range
Topo map	NTS 82J/14
Climbing
First ascent	1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz^[1]
Easiest route	South Face: difficult scrambling

Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named in 1922 after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea which was involved in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Mount Galatea on Peakfinder
1 2 3 Mount Galatea on bivouac.com

External links

Fresh-Oxygen - route beta, photos

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World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

National	Parks Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Lakes Historic Sites Jasper House Jasper Park Information Centre Yellowhead Pass Athabasca Pass Howse Pass Kootenae House Kicking Horse Pass Skoki Ski Lodge Twin Falls Tea House Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin Cave and Basin Banff Park Museum Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station First Oil Well in Western Canada

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