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Mount Lambe

Coordinates: 51°44′14″N 116°49′16″W / 51.73722°N 116.82111°W / 51.73722; -116.82111
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Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe is located in Alberta
Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Lambe is located in British Columbia
Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,182 m (10,440 ft)[1][2]
Prominence263 m (863 ft)[3]
Parent peakSolitaire Mountain (3300 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates51°44′14″N 116°49′16″W / 51.73722°N 116.82111°W / 51.73722; -116.82111[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]
Climbing
First ascent1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

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]


Geology

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Mount 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

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Based 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Mount Lambe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Lambe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Lambe (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  5. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  6. ^ 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.
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