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Mount Athabasca, Alberta

Prominence: 651 m, 2135 ft

Elevation: 3491 meters, 11,453 feet

Approx. Isolation: 8.03 km, 4.99 mi

Subpeaks	Silverhorn (3447 m/11,309 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	52° 10' 51'' N; 117° 11' 59'' W 52.18082, -117.199596 (Dec Deg) 486353E 5781169N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	Canada
State/Province	Alberta
County/Second Level Region	Div. 15 - Banff
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Mount Athabasca and the Columbia Icefield are barely visible through the clouds in this view from Mount Wilcox.

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Prominence

Clean Prominence: 651 m/2135 ft
Optimistic Prominence: 671 m/2200 ft
Key Col: 2840 m/9318 ft  (20 meter contour)
Col elevation in range between 2820 and 2840 meters.
    Topo Map: Columbia Icefield 83 C/3 1:50,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 52° 9' 34'' N; 117° 16' 41'' W
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Isolation

8.03 km/4.99 mi
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Snow Dome (W)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Canadian Rockies
Range4: Central Main Ranges
Range5: Columbia Icefield Area
Range6: Columbia Icefield

Drainage Basins

Mackenzie
Beaufort Sea
Arctic Ocean

Saskatchewan
Cedar Lake
Lake Winnipeg
Nelson
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Labrador Sea
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Banff National Park

Topo Map

Columbia Icefield 83 C/3 1:50,000

First Ascent

1898
Collie
Wooley

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