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Mount Oates

Coordinates: 52°26′19″N 118°02′04″W / 52.43861°N 118.03444°W / 52.43861; -118.03444
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Mount Oates
Mount Oates is located in Alberta
Mount Oates
Mount Oates
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Oates is located in British Columbia
Mount Oates
Mount Oates
Mount Oates (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2]
Prominence285 m (935 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Scott (3296 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates52°26′19″N 118°02′04″W / 52.43861°N 118.03444°W / 52.43861; -118.03444[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areas
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83D8 Athabasca Pass[4]
Climbing
First ascentJuly 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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mount Oates". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Oates". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Oates". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Oates (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  5. ^ a b "Mount Oates". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-09-10.