Mount Dent

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Mount Dent
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Mount Dent
Location in Alberta
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Mount Dent
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Dent
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 3,267 m (10,719 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 195 m (640 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Freshfield (3337 m) [3]
Listing
Coordinates 51°45′20″N116°58′09″W / 51.755556°N 116.969167°W / 51.755556; -116.969167 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1910 J.E.C. Eaton, B. Otto, H. Burgener (Guide) [2]

Mount Dent is a summit that straddles the border between British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. [4]

Mount Dent was named in 1899 by J. Norman Collie after Clinton Thomas Dent, an English mountaineer and past president of the UK Alpine Club. [5] [6] [2]

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References

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  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Dent (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-08-22 via babel.hathitrust.org.
  6. "Mount Dent". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-08-22.