Sunwapta Pass
Sunwapta Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. Sunwapta Pass is the low point of the saddle created between Mount Athabasca and Nigel Peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hilda Peak.
Hilda Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilda Peak is a 3,058-metre mountain summit located at the northern extreme of Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Mount Athabasca, 2.0 km to the southwest.
Sunwapta Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,037 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 12, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
52.21118° or 52° 12′ 40″ northLongitude
-117.15755° or 117° 9′ 27″ westElevation
2,037 metres (6,683 feet)Open location code
95446R6R+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 3613985022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“Sunwapta Pass” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “সানওয়াপ্টা গিরিপথ”
- Cebuano: “Sunwapta Pass”
- Dutch: “Sunwapta (bergpas)”
- Dutch: “Sunwapta”
- Hebrew: “מעבר סאנואפטה”
- Japanese: “サンワプタ峠”
- Swedish: “Sunwapta Pass”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saskatchewan River Crossing and David Thompson Resort.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sunwapta Pass Rest Area and Sunwapta Pass.
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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 “Sunwapta Pass”. Photo: xlibber, CC BY 2.0.