Panther Mountain (Alberta) facts for kids
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Panther Mountain, photographed from the top of Sulphur Mountain.
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,943 m (9,656 ft) |
Prominence | 483 m (1,585 ft) |
Listing | List of mountains of Alberta |
Geography | |
Parent range | Bare Range |
Topo map | NTS 82O/12 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1891 by J.J. McArthur and Tom Wilson |
Panther Mountain is a mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after learning that the local Indians referred to a river below the peak as "The river where the mountain lion was killed".
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