Mount Richardson
Mount Richardson is the highest mountain of the Slate Range located beside Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1859 by James Hector after Sir John Richardson who was the ship's surgeon and naturalist on John Franklin's 1819 and 1825 expeditions into the Arctic.Photo: RedWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pika Peak and Hidden Lake.
Pika Peak
Peak
Pika Peak is a mountain located between Mount Richardson and Ptarmigan Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada The mountain was named in 1928 after the pika, the small "rock rabbit" that inhabits alpine regions.
Hidden Lake
Lake
Photo: RedWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hidden Lake is a small glacial lake in the Skoki Valley of Banff National Park, Canada. It is located in the Slate Range of the Canadian Rockies. The lake can be reached by following a hiking trail for 8.4 km starting at Fish Creek, at the base of the Lake Louise Ski Area, near Lake Louise.
Ptarmigan Peak
Peak
Photo: Graham Lewis, CC BY 2.0.
Ptarmigan Peak is a mountain located near Pika Peak in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1909 by J.W.A. Hickson, who named it after encountering several rock ptarmigan in the meadows below the peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Louise.
Lake Louise
Photo: Benefactor123, CC BY 3.0.
Lake Louise is a beautiful mountain lake in the middle of Banff National Park in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. The lake is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, and at the far end is a large glacier.
Mount Richardson
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,086 metres
- Description: mountain in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.4961° or 51° 29′ 46″ northLongitude
-116.1211° or 116° 7′ 16″ westElevation
3,086 metres (10,125 feet)Open location code
9535FVWH+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689320568OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Richardson” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Richardson (bukid sa Canada, Alberta)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Richardson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ريتشاردسون”
- Hebrew: “הר ריצ’רדסון”
- Ladin: “Mount Richardson”
- Swedish: “Mount Richardson (berg i Kanada, Alberta)”
- Swedish: “Mount Richardson, Alberta”
- Swedish: “Mount Richardson”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include East Pika Peak and Richardson Ridge.
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