Mount Putnik
Mount Putnik | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,940 m (9,650 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 181 m (594 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 50°38′36″N 115°15′26″W / 50.6433334°N 115.2572222°WCoordinates: 50°38′36″N 115°15′26″W / 50.6433334°N 115.2572222°W[3] |
Geography | |
Mount Putnik Alberta, Canada Mount Putnik Mount Putnik (Canada) | |
Parent range | Kananaskis Range Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | scramble |
Mount Putnik is a mountain located north of and west of the Kananaskis River in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after the Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917).[4]
In June 2012, the Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society of Calgary, Alberta Canada, unveiled a plaque to commemorate Radomir Putnik on the mountain. The plaque text is as follows:
- "Mount Putnik is named in perpetual remembrance of the men and women of the allied armed forces in Serbia and their leader Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917). Serbia lost a quarter of its population, both army and civilian, during WWI (1914-1918). This sacrifice was part of Canadian and Allied efforts in Europe against three empires to protect the rights and freedoms of human kind.”[5]
Climate[]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Kananaskis River.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Mount Putnik". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ "Mount Putnik". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Mount Putnik". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). Place Names of Alberta: Mountains, mountain parks, and foothills. University of Calgary Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780919813731.
- ^ "Mountain in Canada dedicated to Duke Putnik". serbia.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
External links[]
- Mount Putnik weather: Mountain Forecast
- Alberta's Rockies
- Two-thousanders of Alberta
- Serbian-Canadian culture