Mount Tekarra

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Mount Tekarra
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Mount Tekarra
Highest point
Elevation 2,694 m (8,839 ft) [1]
Prominence 279 m (915 ft) [1]
Parent peak The Watchtower (2791  m) [1]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°50′30″N117°56′22″W / 52.84167°N 117.93944°W / 52.84167; -117.93944 [2]
Geography
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Mount Tekarra
Location in Alberta
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Mount Tekarra
Mount Tekarra (Canada)
Mount Tekarra
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Country Canada
Province Alberta
Protected area Jasper National Park
Parent range Maligne Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 83C13 Medicine Lake [2]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type Sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent 1915 by Morrison Bridgland [3]
Easiest route Scramble

Mount Tekarra is a 2,694-metre (8,839-foot) mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is situated at the northwest end of the Maligne Range and is visible from Jasper and the Icefields Parkway. [4] The nearest higher neighbor is The Watchtower, 7.0 km (4.3 mi) to the east. [1]

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History

The mountain was named by James Hector in 1859 for Tekarra, an Iroquois guide and hunter who accompanied Hector during his exploration of the Athabasca River during the Palliser Expedition. [3] [5]

The first ascent of Mount Tekarra was made in 1915 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies. [3] [6] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1947 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [2]

Geology

Mount Tekarra is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Tekarra is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [8] Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Tekarra drains into the Maligne River and Tekarra Creek, both tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Tekarra". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Tekarra". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Tekarra". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Mount Tekarra, Alberta". Peakbagger.com.
  5. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 124.
  6. ↑ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN   0-88864-456-6.
  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". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN   1027-5606.
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