Mount Engadine
Mount Engadine is a 2,972-metre (9,751-foot) mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named in 1917 after HMS Engadine, a seaplane tender of the Royal Navy present at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.[2] The mountain is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.[3][4]
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| Mount Engadine | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,972 m (9,751 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°51′54″N 115°18′41″W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Engadine Location in Alberta | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Kananaskis Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82J/14 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1956 B. Fraser, J. Gorrill, M. Hicks |
| Easiest route | A difficult scramble via west-northwest ridge. |
Geology
The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and was later pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engadine is located in a subarctic climate 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 Smuts Creek and Buller Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir.
See also
- Mountains of Alberta
- Geography of Alberta
References
- PeakFinder
- Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 48.
- Peakfinder
- Mount Engadine
- Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - 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
Mt. Engadine winter photo: Flickr
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