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Mount Scott (other)
Mount Scott may refer to: ;Antarctica: * Mount Scott (Antarctica), a horseshoe-shaped massif on the Kiev Peninsula ;Canada: *Mount Scott (Canada), a mountain on the Continental Divide on the British Columbia-Alberta border ;New Zealand: * Mount Scott (New Zealand), a mountain in the Polar Range ;United States: *Mount Scott (Oklahoma), a mountain in the Wichita Mountains of southwestern Oklahoma *Mount Scott (Clackamas County, Oregon), a minor volcano in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area *Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon) Mount Scott is a small stratovolcano and a so-called '' parasitic cone'' on the southeast flank of Crater Lake in southern Oregon. It is approximately 420,000 years old. Its summit is the highest point within Crater Lake National Park, and the ..., a stratovolcano in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon * Mount Scott (Washington), a mountain summit in Olympic National Park {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (Antarctica)
Mount Scott is a horseshoe-shaped massif on Kyiv Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land, which is open to the southwest with its convex side fronting on Girard Bay and its northwestern side on Lemaire Channel. Discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99. Mapped by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Charcot, leader of the fourth French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, and named for Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova Expedition .... Duseberg Buttress stands at the southwest side of Mount Scott. References SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Mountains of Graham Land Graham Coast {{GrahamCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (Canada)
Mount Scott is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, North of the Hooker Icefield in Hamber Provincial Park. It is Alberta's 44th highest peak, and Alberta's 46th most prominence mountain. It is also British Columbia's 57th highest peak. It was named in 1913 after Captain Robert Falcon Scott. See also * List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border * List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies A list of highest mountains and peaks in the Canadian Rockies over is shown below. Sources for the elevation, prominence and first ascent can be found in their respective pages and/or Wikidata Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multiling ... References Three-thousanders of Alberta Three-thousanders of British Columbia Park Ranges {{BritishColumbiaInterior-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (New Zealand)
Mount Scott is a mountain in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. Description Mount Scott is located northwest of Christchurch in Arthur's Pass National Park. It is set in the Polar Range of the Southern Alps in the South Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into the Edwards River, whereas the east slope drains to the Hawdon River via Sudden Valley Stream. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Edwards Valley in 1.5 kilometres. The nearest higher peak is Mount Wilson, 0.6 kilometre to the southwest. The mountain's toponym was applied by Canterbury Mountaineering Club members to honour Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–04 and the ill-fated ''Terra Nova'' Expedition of 1910–13. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (Oklahoma)
Mount Scott (Comanche: ''Pisaroya'', "Big Mountain") is a prominent mountain just to the northwest of Lawton, Oklahoma rising to a height of and is located in the Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill Military Reservation and lies in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (WMWR). The US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for the maintenance of the area. Visitors can reach the summit by car or bicycle via a three-mile paved road. Hiking is allowed, although there are no formal trails and the paved road is open to pedestrians and bicycles from 6am to 9:30 am only. Mount Scott is also popular for its numerous rock climbing areas. The peak was named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Geography The Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge is located in southwestern Oklahoma, just north of the city of Lawton and Fort Sill. The area is located near Interstate 44, and is about from Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (Clackamas County, Oregon)
Mount Scott is a volcanic cinder cone with its summit in Clackamas County, Oregon. The summit rises to an elevation of . It is part of the Boring Lava Field, a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around Portland, and was named for Harvey W. Scott, a 19th and 20th century editor of ''The Oregonian'' newspaper. who owned on the north and west slopes of the hill. Mt. Scott was home to a "perpetual" cross burning by Oregon's Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Automotive parades of hooded Klan members were common in Southeast Portland. The mountain is developed, with most of its southern flank within the city of Happy Valley, Oregon. The Willamette National Cemetery is located on the northeastern slope of the mountain, which is partially in Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The state's smallest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)
Mount Scott is a small stratovolcano and a so-called '' parasitic cone'' on the southeast flank of Crater Lake in southern Oregon. It is approximately 420,000 years old. Its summit is the highest point within Crater Lake National Park, and the tenth highest peak in the Oregon Cascades. A small fire lookout tower stands on the summit, at the end of a trail that zigzags approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) up the mountain. The mountain is named for Oregon pioneer Levi Scott, founder of Scottsburg, Oregon. Geology Mount Scott first erupted about 420,000 years ago and is one of the oldest volcanoes in the Mount Mazama complex. It erupted mainly andesitic lavas before becoming extinct in the late Pleistocene. Since it was relatively far away from the main flanks of Mount Mazama, it survived the mountain's massive explosion that occurred around 5700 BC. At tall, Mount Scott is the highest point in Crater Lake National Park. Most of the lower slopes are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
