Mount Sir Douglas

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Mount Sir Douglas
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Highest point
Elevation 3,406 m (11,175 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,110 m (3,640 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Joffre (3433 m) [3]
Listing
Coordinates 50°43′21″N115°20′20″W / 50.72250°N 115.33889°W / 50.72250; -115.33889 [4]
Geography
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Mount Sir Douglas
Location in Alberta
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Mount Sir Douglas
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Sir Douglas
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas
Parent range
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1919 J.W.A. Hickson and Edward Feuz Jr. [1] [3]
Easiest route North-West Face III

Mount Sir Douglas is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, at the northern end of Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and east of Invermere. [5] It is Alberta's 18th highest peak, and 28th prominence mountain as well as British Columbia's 28th highest peak. It was named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. [5] [3] [1]

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Geology

Mount Sir Douglas 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 Sir Douglas is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [7] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Sir Douglas". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Sir Douglas". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Sir Douglas". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Sir Douglas (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  5. 1 2 "Mount Sir Douglas". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  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.
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