Mount Dent

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

Mount Dent
Mount Dent is located in Alberta
Mount Dent
Mount Dent
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Dent is located in British Columbia
Mount Dent
Mount Dent
Mount Dent (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,267 m (10,719 ft)[1][2]
Prominence195 m (640 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Freshfield (3337 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°45′20″N 116°58′09″W[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N15 Mistaya Lake[4]
Climbing
First ascent1910 J.E.C. Eaton, B. Otto, H. Burgener (Guide)[2]

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]

See also

References
  1. "Topographic map of Mount Dent". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  2. "Mount Dent". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. "Mount Dent". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. "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.


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