Mount McArthur (British Columbia)

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Mount McArthur
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Southeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation 3,021 m (9,911 ft) [1]
Prominence 221 m (725 ft) [1]
Isolation 4.94 km (3.07 mi) [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 51°32′26″N116°35′49″W / 51.54056°N 116.59694°W / 51.54056; -116.59694 [3]
Geography
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Mount McArthur
Location in British Columbia
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Mount McArthur
Location in Canada
Mount McArthur (British Columbia)
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Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Protected area Yoho National Park
Parent range Waputik Mountains [2]
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River
Climbing
First ascent 1891 by W.S. Drewry, Dominion Topographic Survey [1]

Mount McArthur is a mountain located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1886 by Otto Koltz after James J. McArthur, a land surveyor who mapped the Canadian Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railway. [1]

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, this mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [4] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Geology

The peak 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. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount McArthur". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  2. 1 2 "Mount McArthur, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Mount McArthur". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
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