Mount Magog

Mount Magog
Mt. Magog (left) and Mt. Assiniboine (right)
Highest point
Elevation	3,092 m (10,144 ft) [1] [a]
Prominence	188 m (617 ft) [1]
Parent peak	Mount Assiniboine (3616 m) [1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°52′45″N115°38′05″W / 50.87917°N 115.63472°W / 50.87917; -115.63472 [4] [5]
Geography
Mount Magog Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Magog Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia Mount Magog Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parks	Banff National Park Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
Parent range	Park Ranges [1]
Topo map	NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine [4]
Climbing
First ascent	1920 A.J. Gilmour, Albert H. MacCarthy, A.W. Wakefield, F.N. Waterman [2] [1]

Mount Magog is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It was named in 1930 after references in the Bible. ^{[2] [1]}

Geology

Mount Magog is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. ^[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. ^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Magog is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. ^[8] Temperatures can drop below -20°C with wind chill factors below -30°C.

Gallery

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  Magog Lake sunrise, Mt. Magog to left
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  Mount Magog

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Mount Magog". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
2. "Mount Magog". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
3. "Topographic map of Mount Magog". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
4. "Mount Magog (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-09-14.
5. "Mount Magog". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2019-09-14.
6. 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.
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). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . ISSN   1027-5606.

Notes

1. Other sources state 3095 m. ^{[2] [3]}