Mount Galwey

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Mount Galwey
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Highest point
Elevation 2,377 m (7,799 ft) [1] [2] [3]
Prominence 182 m (597 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Dungarvan (2575 m) [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 49°07′23″N113°56′47″W / 49.12306°N 113.94639°W / 49.12306; -113.94639 [4]
Geography
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Mount Galwey
Location in Alberta
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Mount Galwey
Location in Canada
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82H4 Waterton Lakes [4]
Climbing
Easiest route Difficult Scramble [5]

Mount Galwey is a mountain located north of Blakiston Creek in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain was named in 1934 after Lt. Galwey, who was an astronomer for the International Boundary Commission. [6]

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Geology

Like other mountains in Waterton Lakes National Park, Mount Galwey 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 Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Galwey is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Galwey drains into tributaries of the Waterton River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Galwey". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Galwey". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  3. ↑ "Mount Galway". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Galwey". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  5. ↑ Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Galwey". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN   978-1-77160-098-9.
  6. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 56.
  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" (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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