Mount Chown

Mount Chown
Mount Chown
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation 3,316 m (10,879 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,746 m (5,728 ft) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 53°23′49″N 119°25′02″W / 53.39694°N 119.41722°W / 53.39694; -119.41722Coordinates: 53°23′49″N 119°25′02″W / 53.39694°N 119.41722°W / 53.39694; -119.41722 
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Topo map NTS 83E/06
Climbing
First ascent 1924 G. Hargeaves; W. Putman

Mount Chown is Alberta's 36th highest peak. It is named after the Reverend Samuel Dwight Chown.[3] It is located in the northwest corner of Jasper National Park on the border with the Willmore Wilderness Park. It lies between two glaciers the Chown Glacier and the Resthaven Glacier.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ PeakFinder
  2. ↑ "British Columbia and Alberta: The Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  3. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34.
  4. ↑ Peakfinder
  5. ↑ Mount Chown


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