Mount Alexandra (Canada)

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Mount Alexandra
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Mount Alexandra
Location in Alberta
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Mount Alexandra
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Alexandra
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 3,401 m (11,158 ft) [1]
Prominence 421 m (1,381 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Lyell (3498 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 51°58′51″N117°11′54″W / 51.98083°N 117.19833°W / 51.98083; -117.19833 [2]
Geography
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS   82N14 Rostrum Peak [2]
Geology
Rock type Sedimentary
Climbing
First ascent 1902 James Outram, Christian Kaufmann

Mount Alexandra is a remote 3,401-metre (11,158-foot) mountain summit on the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. [2]

Contents

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1902 by James Outram with guide Christian Kaufmann. [1] Mount Alexandra was named in 1902 by James Outram for Alexandra of Denmark. [3] [4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff National Park, Mount Alexandra 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, Mount Alexandra is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Alexandra". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Alexandra (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  3. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-09-09– via hathitrust.org.
  4. ↑ "Mount Alexandra". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.
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