Mount Hood (Alberta)

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Mount Hood
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Mount Hood
Location in Alberta
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Mount Hood
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,903 m (9,524 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 145 m (476 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Evan-Thomas (3097 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°44′48″N115°5′20″W / 50.74667°N 115.08889°W / 50.74667; -115.08889 [4]
Naming
Etymology Horace Hood
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Kananaskis Country
Parent range
Topo map NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4]

Mount Hood is a 2,903-metre (9,524-foot) mountain summit located in the Opal Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. [4]

History

The mountain was named in honour of Rear Admiral Horace Hood who participated in the Battle of Jutland and went down with HMS Invincible. [5]

The mountain's name was made official in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [4]

The first ascent of the peak was made in 1953 by J. Dodds, W. Lemmon, and party. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Hood". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Hood". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Hood". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Hood". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 65.


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