Mount Costigan

Mount Costigan is a 2,973-metre (9,754-foot) summit in Alberta, Canada.[3]

Mount Costigan
Mount Costigan from Lake Minnewanka
Highest point
Elevation2,973 m (9,754 ft)[1]
Prominence873 m (2,864 ft)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°17′08″N 115°16′55″W[2]
Geography
Mount Costigan is located in Alberta
Mount Costigan
Mount Costigan
Location of Mount Costigan in Alberta
Mount Costigan is located in Canada
Mount Costigan
Mount Costigan
Mount Costigan (Canada)
LocationBanff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangePalliser Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O6 Lake Minnewanka

Description

Mount Costigan is located north of the eastern end of Lake Minnewanka, on the boundary shared by Banff National Park with Ghost River Wilderness Area. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises nearly 1,500 meters (4,920 feet) above the lake in 4 kilometers (2.5 miles). Mount Costigan was named in 1904 for John Costigan (1835–1916), a Canadian judge and politician who often visited this area.[4][5] The peak's toponym was officially adopted November 2, 1956, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Geology

Mount Costigan is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Costigan is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the Ghost River.

See also
  • Lake Minnewanka with Mount Costigan centered in the distance.
    Lake Minnewanka with Mount Costigan centered in the distance.
  • John Costigan
    John Costigan

References
  1. "Mount Costigan, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. "Mount Costigan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  3. "Mount Costigan". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  4. "Mount Costigan". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 38.
  6. 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.
  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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