Mount Oates | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 285 m (935 ft) [3] |
Parent peak | Mount Scott (3296 m) [3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 52°26′19″N 118°02′04″W / 52.43861°N 118.03444°W [4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Protected areas | |
Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 83D8 Athabasca Pass [4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 3, 1924 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, M.M. Strumia, J. Monroe Thorington [1] [3] |
Mount Oates is a mountain located north of the Hooker Icefield, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. [5] It was named in 1913 by G.E. Howard for Captain Lawrence Oates a member of the ill-fated 1910-13 Terra Nova Expedition under command of Captain Robert F. Scott. [1] [3] [5]