Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain located near Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1909 by J.W.A. Hickson, who named it after encountering several rock ptarmigan in the meadows below the peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pika Peak and Hidden Lake.
Pika Peak
Peak
Pika Peak is a mountain located between Mount Richardson and Ptarmigan Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada The mountain was named in 1928 after the pika, the small "rock rabbit" that inhabits alpine regions.
Hidden Lake
Lake
Photo: RedWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hidden Lake is a small glacial lake in the Skoki Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. It is located in the Slate Range of the Canadian Rockies. The lake can be reached by following a hiking trail for 8.4 km starting at Fish Creek, at the base of the Lake Louise Ski Area, near Lake Louise.
Mount Richardson
Peak
Photo: RedWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Richardson is the highest mountain of the Slate Range located beside Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1859 by James Hector after Sir John Richardson who was the ship's surgeon and naturalist on John Franklin's 1819 and 1825 expeditions into the Arctic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Louise.
Lake Louise
Photo: Benefactor123, CC BY 3.0.
Lake Louise is a beautiful mountain lake in the middle of Banff National Park in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. The lake is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, and at the far end is a large glacier.
Ptarmigan Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,035 metres
- Description: mountain in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.4922° or 51° 29′ 32″ northLongitude
-116.0903° or 116° 5′ 25″ westElevation
3,035 metres (9,957 feet)Open location code
9535FWR5+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689320579OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ptarmigan Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ptarmigan Peak (tumoy sa bukid sa Canada, Alberta)”
- Cebuano: “Ptarmigan Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پتارميجان پياك (كندا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پتارميجان پياك”
- Hebrew: “פסגת פטרמיגן”
- Ladin: “Ptarmigan Peak”
- Swedish: “Ptarmigan Peak (bergstopp i Kanada, Alberta)”
- Swedish: “Ptarmigan Peak”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Morant’s Curve and Hector.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Pika Peak and Zigadenus Lake.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ptarmigan Peak”. Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.