Mount Chown

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Mount Chown
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Mount Chown
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,316 m (10,879 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,746 m (5,728 ft) [2] [1]
Parent peak Mount Robson (3959 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 53°23′49″N119°25′03″W / 53.39694°N 119.41750°W / 53.39694; -119.41750 [3]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Front Ranges
Topo map NTS 83E6 Twintree Lake [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1924 G. Hargeaves; W. Putman [4]

Mount Chown is Alberta's 36th highest and 5th most prominent peak. It is named after the Reverend Samuel Dwight Chown. [5] It is located in the northwest corner of Jasper National Park on the border with the Willmore Wilderness Park. It lies between the Chown and Resthaven Glaciers. [4] [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Chown". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ↑ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Chown". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Chown". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-03-14.


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