Mount Galatea

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Mount Galatea
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Mount Galatea from Galatea Lakes in July 2007
Highest point
Elevation 3,185 m (10,449 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 1,280 m (4,200 ft) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°50′23″N115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W / 50.83972; -115.27389 [4]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
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Mount Galatea
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range
Topo map NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1930 by Katie Gardiner, guided by Walter Feuz [5] [2]
Easiest route South Face: difficult scrambling [6]

Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea. [2] [7]

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Geology

Mount Galatea is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [8] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [9]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Galatea is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [10] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

  1. ↑ Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN   1-895526-22-1 . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Galatea". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Galatea". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. ↑ Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Spray River : East". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). American Alpine Club. p. 56. ISBN   978-1376169003.
  6. ↑ Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Galatea". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies . Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 100–101. ISBN   0-921102-67-4.
  7. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 55.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  10. ↑ 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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