Aurora Mountain

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Aurora Mountain

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 2790

| elevation_ref = {{cite map|title=Banff & Mount Assiniboine|year=1997|publisher=Gem Trek Publishing}}

| prominence_m = 250

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=1471|title=Aurora Mountain|access-date=Feb 21, 2009}}

| parent = Blue RangeNTS map sheet 82J13 Mount Assiniboine

| parent_peak = Mount Byng (2940 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list|

Mountains of Alberta|

Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| subdivision1_type = Provinces

| subdivision1 = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park

| map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| map_size = 200

| label_position = right##left

| coordinates = {{coord|50|49|30|N|115|32|34|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IACLJ|name=Aurora Mountain (AB)|access-date=2025-03-30}}{{cite cgndb|id=JASIC|name=Aurora Mountain (BC)|access-date=2025-03-30}}

| topo_maker = NTS

| topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}

| first_ascent = 1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

| easiest_route =

}}

Aurora Mountain is located in the Blue Range of the Canadian Rockies, which forms part of the Continental Divide and the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta.{{cite crdb|id= 62|name=Aurora Mountain|access-date=Feb 21, 2009}} It is named after {{HMS|Aurora|1913|6}}, a British Royal Navy light cruiser launched in 1913 that was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1920.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=18|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=14}}{{cite bcgnis|id=10330|name=Aurora Mountain|access-date=2025-03-30}} The mountain was originally named Mount Aurora in 1916 by a survey party but was changed in 1957 to its current name.