词条 | Isabelle Peak |
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| name = Isabelle Peak | photo = Isabelle Peak in Kootenay Park.jpg | photo_caption = Isabelle Peak seen from the southwest | elevation_m = 2934[1] | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 203 | prominence_ref = | location = Alberta-British Columbia, Canada | range = Ball Range Canadian Rockies | map = British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location of Isabelle Peak in British Columbia | coordinates = {{coord|51|07|30|N|116|00|30|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} | topo = NTS 82N/01 | first_ascent = 1913 | easiest_route = Scramble }} Isabelle Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Origin of the NameThe mountain was named in 1913 by R.D. McCaw, who made a phototopographic survey along the route of the Banff-Windermere road. The survey was made for the British Columbia government. The name "Isabelle" given by McCaw to one of his photographic stations at the request of Mr. W.W. Bell, engineer in charge of construction of the Banff-Windermere Road at the time. Bell had asked McCaw to name a mountain after his wife Isabelle.[2] ClimbingThe Interprovincial Boundary Commission made the first ascent of the peak in 1913. ClimateBased on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. See also
References1. ^[https://bivouac.com//MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1541 geographical info] 2. ^[https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/2355.html BC Geographical Names] 3. ^{{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}} External links
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