Mount Oates

This article is about a mountain in Canada. For the mountain in the Southern Alps, see Mount Oates (New Zealand).

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]

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	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	52°26′19″N 118°02′04″W[4]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas	Jasper National Park Hamber Provincial Park
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]

See also

• List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies