Aye Mountain

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Aye Mountain
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Aye Mountain centered. Eon to left, Assiniboine to right
Highest point
Elevation 3,243 m (10,640 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 361 m (1,184 ft) [3]
Parent peak Lunette Peak (3428 m) [3]
Listing
Coordinates 50°50′40″N115°38′35″W / 50.84444°N 115.64305°W / 50.84444; -115.64305 [4]
Geography
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Aye Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Aye Mountain
Location in British Columbia
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Aye Mountain
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Topo map NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1934 H.S. Crosby, Rudolph Aemmer [1]

Aye Mountain is located on the Canadian provincial boundary between Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey. [1] [3]

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Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Aye is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Aye Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Aye Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aye Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  4. 1 2 "Aye Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  5. ↑ Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  7. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
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