Mount Olive | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,126 m (10,256 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 146 m (479 ft)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 51°36′40″N 116°29′30″W / 51.61111°N 116.49167°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Protected areas | |
Parent range | Park Ranges Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N9 Hector Lake[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1927 M. Cropley, F.A. Gambs, N.L. Goodrich, L. Grassi[1][2] |
Mount Olive is located N of the head of the Yoho River on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park.[4] It lies on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield, and is part of the Waputik Mountains. It was named in 1898 by H.B. Dixon after his wife Dixon, Olive.[1][2][4]