Brachiopod Mountain
Brachiopod Mountain | |
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![]() ![]() Brachiopod Mountain Location in Alberta | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,667 m (8,750 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 152 m (499 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°28′53″N 116°02′13″W / 51.48139°N 116.03694°WCoordinates: 51°28′53″N 116°02′13″W / 51.48139°N 116.03694°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Banff National Park Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies Slate Range |
Topo map | NTS 82N8 Lake Louise |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1911 J.F. Porter and party[1] |
Easiest route | Scrambling Routes west slopes[3] |
Brachiopod Mountain was named by James F. Porter for the fossil brachiopods found in the Devonian limestone of the mountain. It is located in the Slate Range, a subset of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.[1][2]
Climate[]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Brachiopod Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Brachiopod Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ a b c "Brachiopod Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Kane, Alan (1999). "Brachiopod Mountain". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Brachiopod Mountain photo: Flickr
Categories:
- Two-thousanders of Alberta
- Mountains of Banff National Park
- Alberta's Rockies
- Alberta's Rockies geography stubs