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Gong Peak
Gong Peak is located in Alberta
Gong Peak
Gong Peak
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,120 m (10,240 ft)
Prominence 280 m (920 ft)
Parent peak Mount Smythe (3,240 m)
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Winston Churchill Range
Topo map NTS 83C/06
Climbing
First ascent 1936 by E. Cromwell, E. Cromwell Jr., F.S. North, J. Monroe Thorington
Easiest route rock/snow climb

Gong Peak is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The peak lies three km southeast of Mount Weiss. The mountain was named in 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after nearby Gong Lake.

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