Mount Garth
Mount Garth is located in Alberta
Mount Garth
Mount Garth
Location in SW Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,043 m (9,984 ft)[1][2]
Prominence103 m (338 ft)[1]
Parent peakCoronation Mountain (3176 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°47′56″N 116°54′50″W / 51.79888°N 116.91388°W / 51.79888; -116.91388[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[3]
Climbing
First ascent1934 by H.S. Kingman, J. Monroe Thorington, Rudolph Aemmer (guide)[4]

Mount Garth is a summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada located directly south of Coronation Mountain.[3][4][2]

Mount Garth was named in 1920 after John McDonald of Garth, a businessman in the fur industry.[5][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. 1 2 "Topographic map of Mount Garth". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Garth". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 56. Retrieved 2021-08-31 via babel.hathitrust.org.


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