Mount Galatea

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Mount Galatea
Elevation 3,185 m (10,449 ft)
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta Flag of Canada Canada
Range Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis Range
Prominence 1,280 m (4,199 ft)
Coordinates 50°50′20″N 115°16′30″W / 50.83889, -115.275
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.

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