Mount Ulysses

Mount Ulysses
Mount Ulysses is located in British Columbia
Mount Ulysses
Mount Ulysses
Highest point
Elevation3,024 m (9,921 ft)[1][2]
Prominence2,289 m (7,510 ft)[1][3]
Listing
Coordinates57°20′47″N 124°5′34″W / 57.34639°N 124.09278°W / 57.34639; -124.09278[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictPeace River Land District
Parent rangeMuskwa Ranges
Topo mapNTS 94F8 Cyclops Peak[4]
Climbing
First ascentAugust 16, 1961[5]

Mount Ulysses, is the highest mountain in the Muskwa Ranges of the Northern Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey, in which here Ulysses wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca.[5]

Located north of the headwaters of the Akie River and to the south of Sikanni Chief Lake,[5] its very high prominence of 2,289 m (7,510 ft) is relative to Grand Pacific Pass, with its parent peak being an unnamed summit in the Fairweather Range, near Mount Fairweather.[1]

It was first climbed in 1961.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mount Ulysses". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Ulysses Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  3. ^ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Ulysses". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ a b c d "Mount Ulysses". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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