Mount Lambe is a 3,182-metre (10,440-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.[3]
| Mount Lambe | |
|---|---|
  Mount Lambe Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Mount Lambe Mount Lambe (British Columbia) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,182 m (10,440 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 263 m (863 ft)[3] |
| Parent peak | Solitaire Mountain (3300 m)[3] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 51°44′14″N 116°49′16″W / 51.73722°N 116.82111°W[4] |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Protected area | Banff National Park |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission |
Geology
editMount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]
Climate
editBased on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe 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.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mount Lambe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount Lambe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ a b c "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ a b "Mount Lambe (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
edit- Photo of Mt. Lambe Summitsearch.org
- "Mount Lambe". BC Geographical Names.