Mount Galatea

Mount Galatea
Mount Galatea from Galatea Lakes in July 2007
Highest point
Elevation3,185 m (10,449 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence1,280 m (4,200 ft)[3]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W / 50.83972; -115.27389[4]
Geography
Mount Galatea is located in Alberta
Mount Galatea
Mount Galatea
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies, Kananaskis Range
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[4]
Climbing
First ascent1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz[5][2]
Easiest routeSouth Face: difficult scrambling[6]

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 after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea.[2][7]

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  7. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 55.