Aurora Mountain

Aurora Mountain is located in the Blue Range of the Canadian Rockies, which forms part of the Continental Divide and the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta.^[6][2] It is named after HMS Aurora, a British Royal Navy light cruiser launched in 1913 that was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1920.^[7][8] The mountain was originally named Mount Aurora in 1916 by a survey party but was changed in 1957 to its current name.^[8]

Aurora Mountain
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Highest point
Elevation	2,790 m (9,150 ft)[1]
Prominence	250 m (820 ft)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Byng (2940 m)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°49′30″N 115°32′34″W[3][4]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park[5]
Parent range	Blue Range[5][3]
Topo map	NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission[2][6]

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border