Mount Galatea
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Mount Galatea | |
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Elevation | 3,185 metres (10,450 feet) |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Range | Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis Range |
Prominence | 1,280 m (4,200 ft) |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 82J/14 |
First ascent | 1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz |
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 HMS Galatea which was involved in the Battle of Jutland of World War I.