Cone Mountain (Alberta)

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Cone Mountain
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Cone Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 2,910 m (9,550 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 395 m (1,296 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Mercer (2,970 m) [3]
Isolation 5.43 km (3.37 mi) [4]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°53′24″N115°27′47″W / 50.89000°N 115.46306°W / 50.89000; -115.46306 [5]
Geography
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Cone Mountain
Location in Alberta
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Cone Mountain
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Sundance Range [5]
Topo map NTS   82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [5]

Cone Mountain is a summit in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. [5] It is the southernmost peak in the Sundance Range. [1]

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Cone Mountain was so named in 1915 on account of its shape. [6] The mountain's name became official in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [5]

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Cone Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from Cone Mountain drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Banff & Mt. Assiniboine (Map). 1:100,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 2020 [1997]. ISBN   1-895526-04-3 . Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Cone Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cone Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. ↑ "Cone Mountain, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cone Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  6. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 37.
  7. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  8. ↑ 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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