Coronation Mountain

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Coronation Mountain
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Airliner view from southeast
Highest point
Elevation 3,176 m (10,420 ft) [1]
Prominence 436 m (1,430 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Freshfield (3337 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 51°48′22″N116°54′31″W / 51.80611°N 116.90861°W / 51.80611; -116.90861 [2]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
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Coronation Mountain
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 83D9 Amethyst Lakes [2]
Climbing
First ascent 1921 by Interprovincial Boundary Commission [3]

Coronation Mountain is a summit in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. [2] [3]

Contents

Coronation Mountain was named in commemoration of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. [4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, the mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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, Coronation Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Coronation Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. 1 2 3 "Coronation Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. 1 2 "Coronation Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 38. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  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" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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