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Ishpatina Peak (Ishpatina Ridge)  Ontario . Value: 24
Height: 695 m (2280 ft) Prominence: 320 m  
Line Parent: Peak 33-59(2156 km away, at bearing 287 degrees)
Location: 47:19:03-80:45:06   47.31750-80.75166   17T 518768 5240478
NTS Map: 041.P.07 (47 km NE of Metaganme).
Name Status: Official
Ranges: Canadian Shield
Regions: Great Plains

Located 95 km north of Sudbury, in Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Wilderness Park. Ishpatina Peak is the highest point of Ishpatina Ridge. It is the highest point in Ontario. Between 1966 and 1972, Ogidaki Mountain was thought to be the high point, but was found to be 28 m lower than Ishpatina. Before 1966, Tip Top Mountain at 640 m was considered the highest.

Peak has an 80-foot fire tower. Canoe-accessible hiking trail. Ontario Base map gives heights of two parts of the ridge as South 690+ m and North 677 m.

Name Notes: Ishpatina is an Ojibwa term which means "high hill".

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