词条 | Mount Engadine |
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| name = Mount Engadine | photo = Blue skies on my travels (34545251452).jpg | photo_caption = Mount Engadine | elevation_m = 2972 | elevation_ref = [1] | prominence_m = 320 | prominence_ref = | map = Canada Alberta | map_caption = Location in Alberta | map_size = 200 | label_position = right | location = Alberta, Canada | range = Kananaskis Range | coordinates = {{coord|50|51|54|N|115|18|41|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | topo = NTS 82J/14 | first_ascent = 1956 B. Fraser, J. Gorrill, M. Hicks | easiest_route = A difficult scramble via west-northwest ridge. }}Mount Engadine is a {{Convert|2972|m|ft|lk=on|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Spray River Valley of Kananaskis Country, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It was named in 1917 after HMS Engadine, a seaplane tender of the Royal Navy present at the Battle of Jutland during World War I.[2] The mountain is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.[3][4] GeologyThe mountain 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.[5] ClimateBased on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Engadine 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. In terms of favorable weather, June through September are the best months to climb. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Smuts Creek and Buller Creek, which empty into Spray Lakes Reservoir. See also
References1. ^PeakFinder {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}{{Alberta-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=52|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada.|location=Ottawa|page=48}} 3. ^Peakfinder 4. ^Mount Engadine 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}} 6. ^{{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}} 2 : Mountains of Alberta|Canadian Rockies |
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