Mount Hector (Canada)
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| height | 3394 m | |
| location | Alberta (Canada) | |
| Mountains | Rocky mountains | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 34 '24 " N , 116 ° 15' 30" W | |
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| First ascent | 1895 by Philip S. Abbot, Charles Fay and Charles S. Thompson | |
The Mount Hector is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park in Alberta , Canada . The mountain was named in 1884 after James Hector (1834-1907), a geologist on the Palliser Expedition , by George Mercer Dawson .