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

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Alexandra". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. ^ a b c "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.
  4. ^ "Mount Alexandra". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  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.
  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
  • Photo of Mt. Alexandra: Flickr
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Alexandra_(Canada)
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