Mount Oates is a mountain ocated 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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Elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 285 m (935 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Scott (3296 m)[3] |
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Coordinates | 52°26′19″N 118°02′04″W[4] |
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Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
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Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 83D8 Athabasca Pass[4] |
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First ascent | July 3, 1924 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, M.M. Strumia, J. Monroe Thorington[1][3] |
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