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 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 of Mount Galwey in Alberta
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Mount Galwey
Mount Galwey (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.

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References

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  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". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.