Mount Byng | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,965 m (9,728 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 510 m (1,670 ft)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Alcantara (3029 m)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°49′43″N 115°31′33″W / 50.82861°N 115.52583°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Blue Range[2] Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[3] |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cambrian |
Type of rock | Sedimentary rock |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1934, H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer[4] |
Easiest route | Scrambling |
Mount Byng is a 2,965-metre (9,728-foot) mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[5] It is the second-highest point in the Blue Range.[1] Mount Byng's nearest higher peak is Mount Alcantara, 6.5 km (4.0 mi) to the west-southwest.[2] The mighty Mount Assiniboine is situated 10.0 km (6.2 mi) to the northwest of Byng.[3]
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