Mount Hood (Alberta)

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]

Mount Hood
Mount Hood is located in Alberta
Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Location of Mount Hood
Mount Hood is located in Canada
Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation2,903 m (9,524 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence145 m (476 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Evan-Thomas (3097 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°44′48″N 115°5′20″W[4]
Naming
EtymologyHorace Hood
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaKananaskis Country
Parent range
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[4]

History

The mountain was named in honor 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. "Mount Hood". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. "Mount Hood". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. "Topographic map of Mount Hood". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  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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