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Marmolata Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 3,019 m (9,905 ft)
Prominence 149 m (489 ft)
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo map NTS 82K/10
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent August, 1930 Conrad Kain; Peter Kaufmann; E. Cromwell

Marmolata Mountain is a nunatak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1930 by Eaton Cromwell because he thought it looked similar to the highest of the Italian Dolomites.

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