Mount Alexandra (Canada)

Mount Alexandra
Mount Alexandra
	Mount Alexandra Location of Mount Alexandra on Alberta-BC border Mount Alexandra Mount Alexandra (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation	3,401 m (11,158 ft)[1]
Prominence	241 m (791 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Lyell (3498 m)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta; Mountains of British Columbia;
Coordinates	51°58′51″N 117°11′54″W[2]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82N14 Rostrum Peak[2]
Geology
Type of rock	Sedimentary
Climbing
First ascent	1902 James Outram, Christian Kaufmann

Mount Alexandra is a remote 3,401-metre (11,158-foot) mountain summit on the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.[2]

The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1902 by James Outram with guide Christian Kaufmann.[1] Mount Alexandra was named in 1902 by James Outram for Alexandra of Denmark.[3][4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff National Park, Mount Alexandra is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] 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 Alexandra 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.

References

"Mount Alexandra". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
"Mount Alexandra (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-09-09 – via hathitrust.org.
"Mount Alexandra". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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

Photo of Mt. Alexandra: Flickr

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[bivouac-1] "Mount Alexandra". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

[cgndb-2] "Mount Alexandra (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

[3] Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 2019-09-09 – via hathitrust.org.

[peakfinder-4] "Mount Alexandra". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-09.

[Belyea1960-5] Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.

[gadd-6] Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias

[Peel-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: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.