Mount McLean

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Mount McLean
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South aspect, aerial view
Highest point
Elevation 2,427 m (7,963 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,254 m (4,114 ft) [1]
Parent peak Mount Queen Bess (3,298 m) [2]
Isolation 15.3 km (9.5 mi) [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 50°43′52″N122°03′52″W / 50.73111°N 122.06444°W / 50.73111; -122.06444 [3]
Naming
Etymology Donald McLean
Geography
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Mount McLean
Location in British Columbia
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Mount McLean
Location in Canada
Mount McLean
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Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Lillooet Land District
Parent range Mission Ridge
Coast Mountains
Topo map NTS 92J9 Shalalth [3]

Mount McLean is a 2,427-metre (7,963-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount McLean is the highest peak of Mission Ridge, which is a subrange of the Coast Mountains. [1] The prominent mountain is situated 8 km (5 mi) west of Lillooet and immediately north of Seton Lake. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains to Seton Lake and tributaries of the Fraser River. Mount McLean is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 2,184 meters (7,165 ft) above Seton Lake in 4 km (2.5 mi). There are radio repeater towers on the summit.

Etymology

The mountain was named "McLean Mountain" in publications dating back to at least 1895. [4] The toponym was officially adopted as Mount McLean on January 17, 1957, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [3] [5] The mountain is named after Donald McLean (1805–1864), a Scottish fur trader and explorer for the Hudson's Bay Company who later became a cattle rancher near Cache Creek.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount McLean is located in a subarctic climate zone of western North America. [6] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount McLean, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. 1 2 "Mount McLean, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount McLean". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ↑ George Mercer Dawson (1895), Report on the Area of the Kamloops Map-sheet, British Columbia, S. E. Dawson Publisher, p. 149
  5. ↑ "Mount McLean". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  6. ↑ 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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