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Mount Nirvana
Elevation	2,773 metres (9,098 feet)
Location	Northwest Territories, Canada
Range	Backbone Ranges in the Mackenzie Mountains
Coordinates	61°52′30″N 127°40′59″W / 61.875, -127.68306Coordinates: 61°52′30″N 127°40′59″W / 61.875, -127.68306
Topo map	NTS 95E/13
First ascent	July 1965

Mount Nirvana, at 2,773 m (9,098 ft) is the name of the highest mountain in the Northwest Territories, Canada. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys The Mackenzie Mountains are a Mountain range forming part of the Yukon - Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A topographic map is a type of Map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using Contour lines in modern The National Topographic System or NTS (Système national de référence cartographique is the topographic system used by Canada for providing general In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[1] Part of the Mackenzie Mountains, it was first climbed by Bill Buckingham and Lew Surdam in July 1965. The Mackenzie Mountains are a Mountain range forming part of the Yukon - Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers ^[2] Although Buckingham gave it the name Nirvana, and it shows on alpine literature as such, as of 2008 the Canadian Government still refers to it as "unnamed peak". The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada. ^[2]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Mount Nirvana at Bivouac.com
^ ^a ^b Principal heights by range or region from Statistics Canada

This is a list of the highest points of the Canadian provinces and territories, by height See also Geography of Canada, Mountain peaks of North America This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of Canada See also Geography of North America This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks located on the Continent of North America Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help

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