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Deception Peak

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is significant as the summit rises 750 meters (2,460 feet) above the lake in two kilometers (1.2 mile). The mountain was first climbed and named by
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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in 1922. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on September 2, 1930, by the
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Deception Peak (left), Mt. Garibaldi (center), Guard Mountain (right)
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Guard Mountain (centre) with Deception Peak to immediate left
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Castle Towers Mountain
Isolation
Listing
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates
49°54′03″N 122°58′20″W / 49.90083°N 122.97222°W / 49.90083; -122.97222
Deception Peak is located in British Columbia
Deception Peak is located in Canada
Canada
British Columbia
New Westminster Land District
Garibaldi Provincial Park
Parent range
Garibaldi Ranges
Coast Mountains
Topo map
NTS
92G15
Mamquam Mountain
First ascent
Neal Carter
summit
British Columbia
Garibaldi Provincial Park
Garibaldi Lake
Garibaldi Ranges

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