Mount Hector (Alberta)

Mount Hector

Highest point
Elevation	3,394 m (11,135 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	1,759 m (5,771 ft) ^[1] (Kicking Horse Pass)
Listing	Canada highest major peaks 47th Canada prominent peaks 66th
Coordinates	51°34′24″N 116°15′30″W / 51.57333°N 116.25833°W / 51.57333; -116.25833Coordinates: 51°34′24″N 116°15′30″W / 51.57333°N 116.25833°W / 51.57333; -116.25833 ^[1]
Geography
Mount Hector Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N/09
Climbing
First ascent	1895
Easiest route	rock/snow/glacier climb

Mount Hector is a mountain in Banff National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser Expedition. The mountain is located beside the Icefields Parkway, 17 km (11 mi) north of Lake Louise.

The first ascent was made in 1895 by Philip S. Abbot, Charles Fay and Charles S. Thompson.

References

Ranges

Mountains

Passes

Glaciers

Rivers

see List of rivers of the Canadian Rockies and Category:Rivers of the Canadian Rockies

Peoples

Parks and protected areas

World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

National	Parks Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Lakes Historic Sites Jasper House Jasper Park Information Centre Yellowhead Pass Athabasca Pass Howse Pass Kootenae House Kicking Horse Pass Skoki Ski Lodge Twin Falls Tea House Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin Cave and Basin Banff Park Museum Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station First Oil Well in Western Canada

Provincial (AB)	Parks Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Ghost River Kananaskis Peter Lougheed Sheep River Siffleur Spray Valley White Goat Willmore Historic Sites Frank Slide

Provincial (BC)	Akamina-Kishinena Close To The Edge Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga) Elk Lakes Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Hole-in-the-Wall Kakwa Kikomun Creek Kwadacha Mount Assiniboine Mount Fernie Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Pine Le Moray Stone Mountain Muskwa-Kechika

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