| 词条 | Mount Currie (Alberta) |
| 释义 |
| name = Mount Currie | photo = | photo_caption = | elevation_m = 2770 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = 429 | prominence_ref = [1] | location = Alberta, Canada | range = Blue Range[1] Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Red Man Mountain (2891 m)[1] | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location of Mount Currie in Alberta | coordinates = {{coord|50|48|11|N|115|29|32|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = [2] | topo = NTS 82J/14[2] | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = 1916 by Interprovincial Boundary Commission[7] | easiest_route = }}Mount Currie is a {{Convert|2770|m|ft|lk=on|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[3] Mount Currie's nearest higher peak is Red Man Mountain, {{convert|3.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the southwest on the Continental Divide.[1] HistoryMount Currie was named in 1918 for General Sir Arthur William Currie (1875-1933), the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps and later the Canadian Army during World War I.[4] [5] The mountain's name was made official in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] GeologyMount Currie 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.[6] The southeast face of the mountain displays chevron folds in the calcareous shale.[5] ClimateBased on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Currie is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] 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 Currie Creek and White Man Creek, which are both tributaries of Spray River. References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite bivouac|id=1467|name= Mount Currie |accessdate=2018-12-30}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite cgndb|id= IAOGK |name= Mount Currie |accessdate=2018-12-28}} 3. ^{{cite cgndb|id=IAOGK|name=Mount Currie}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=44|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=40}} 5. ^1 2 Mount CurriePeakFinder 6. ^{{cite journal|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}} 7. ^{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |last-author-amp=yes | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} See also
| Center = Mount Currie | North = Mount Morrison | Northeast = Mount Shark | ENE = | East = Mount Smuts | ESE = | Southeast = Mount Warre | South = White Man Pass | Southwest = Red Man Mountain | WSW = | West = Continental Divide | WNW = | Northwest = Mount Byng | image = }} External links
1 : Mountains of Alberta |
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