Mount Paul | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,850 m (9,350 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 175 m (574 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Maligne Mountain (3200 m)[1] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°36′55″N 117°25′40″W / 52.61528°N 117.42778°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Queen Elizabeth Ranges Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 83C11 Southesk Lake[2] |
Geology | |
Rock age | Cambrian / Ordovician[3] |
Rock type | Limestone |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1928 by W.R. Hainsworth and M.M. Strumia[4] |
Mount Paul is a 2,850-metre (9,350 ft) mountain summit towering 1134 metres above the east shore of Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Maligne Mountain, 1.81 km (1.12 mi) to the north-northwest.[5] Mount Paul is situated north of Monkhead and they are often seen together in the background of iconic calendar photos of Spirit Island and Maligne Lake.