Mount Ulysses
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Mount Ulysses, is the highest mountain in the Muskwa Ranges
of the Northern Canadian Rockies
in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey, in which here Ulysses
wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca.
Located north of the headwaters of the Akie River and to the south of Sikanni Chief Lake
, its very high prominence of 2289m is relative to Grand Pacific Pass
, with its parent peak being an unnamed summit in the Fairweather Range
, near Mount Fairweather
.
Muskwa Ranges
The Muskwa Ranges are a group of mountain ranges in northern British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Northern Rockies section of the Rocky Mountains and are bounded on their west by the Rocky Mountain Trench and on their east by the Rocky Mountain Foothills...
of the Northern Canadian Rockies
Northern Rocky Mountains
The Northern Rocky Mountains, usually referred to as the Northern Rockies, are a subdivision of the Canadian Rockies comprising the northern half of the Canadian segment of the Rocky Mountains...
in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey, in which here Ulysses
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca.
Located north of the headwaters of the Akie River and to the south of Sikanni Chief Lake
Sikanni Chief Lake
Sikanni Chief Lake is a lake at the headwaters of the Sikanni Chief River in the Northern Rocky Mountains region of British Columbia, Canada....
, its very high prominence of 2289m is relative to Grand Pacific Pass
Grand Pacific Pass
Grand Pacific Pass, 738 m , is a significant mountain pass in the Fairweather Range of the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains, standing northeast of the massif containing Mount Fairweather. A glacial pass, it is impassable for ordinary purposes...
, with its parent peak being an unnamed summit in the Fairweather Range
Fairweather Range
The Fairweather Range is the unofficial name for a mountain range located in the U.S. state of Alaska and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the southernmost range of the Saint Elias Mountains...
, near Mount Fairweather
Mount Fairweather
Mount Fairweather , is one of the world's highest coastal mountains at 4,671 metres It is located east of the Pacific Ocean on the border of Alaska, United States and western British Columbia, Canada...
.