Peyto Glacier
Peyto Glacier is situated in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, approximately 90 km northwest of the town of Banff, and can be accessed from the Icefields Parkway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Peyto Peak and Mount Thompson.
Peyto Peak
Peak
Photo: Ronald J Scott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peyto Peak is a mountain in the Waputik Range, part of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. It lies at the north end of the Wapta Icefield, in Banff National Park, about one km east of the border with British Columbia and 32 km north of the town of Field.
Mount Thompson
Peak
Photo: Antony Stanley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Thompson is a 3,089-metre mountain summit located four kilometres west of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
Peyto Hut
Wilderness hut
The Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut, also known as the Peyto Hut, is an alpine hut located on the northern tip of the Wapta Icefield in Banff National Park.
Peyto Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 2,211 metres
- Description: glacier in Alberta, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Peyto Glacier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Peyto Glacier” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পিটো হিমবাহ”
- Cebuano: “Peyto Glacier”
- Chinese: “佩托冰河”
- German: “Peyto-Gletscher”
- Hebrew: “קרחון פיטו”
- Japanese: “ペイト氷河”
- Portuguese: “Glaciar Peyto”
- Swedish: “Peyto Glacier”
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