Mount Beatty

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Mount Beatty
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North aspect
Highest point
Elevation 3,004 m (9,856 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 642 m (2,106 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Maude (3043 m) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 50°40′10″N115°17′23″W / 50.66944°N 115.28972°W / 50.66944; -115.28972 [3]
Geography
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Mount Beatty
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty (British Columbia)
Mount Beatty
Interactive map of Mount Beatty
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission [1]

Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War. [1] [2] [4] [5]

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Geology

Mount Beatty 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. [6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Beatty is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Mount Beatty". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p.  39. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-07-06 via babel.hathitrust.org.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
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