Mount Invincible

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Mount Invincible
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Warspite (left) and Invincible (right) seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake
Highest point
Elevation 2,700 m (8,900 ft) [1]
Prominence 140 m (460 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Warspite (2850 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 50°39′50″N115°11′27″W / 50.66389°N 115.19083°W / 50.66389; -115.19083 [2]
Geography
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Mount Invincible
Location in Alberta
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Mount Invincible
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes [2]
Climbing
First ascent 1957 by F. Crickard, R. Higgins, Hans Gmoser [3]
Easiest route Scramble

Mount Invincible is a 2,700-metre (8,900-foot) mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Alberta Highway 40, and the Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Invincible's nearest higher peak is Mount Warspite, 2.6 km (1.6 mi) to the northwest. [1]

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Like so many of the mountains in Kananaskis Country, Mount Invincible received its name from the persons and ships involved in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, a major sea battle of the First World War. [4]

History

Mount Invincible was named in 1917 to honor HMS Invincible, a British battlecruiser that sank during the Battle of Jutland in World War I. [5] The mountain's name was made official in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [2]

The first ascent of the peak was made in 1957 by F. Crickard and R. Higgins, with Hans Gmoser as guide. [3]

Geology

Mount Invincible 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 Invincible is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Kananaskis River which is a tributary of the Bow River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Invincible". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Invincible". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Invincible". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Battle of Jutland". Alberta Historic Places. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 67.
  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. S2CID   9654551.
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