Division Mountain

Division Mountain is located on the Continental Divide along the Alberta - British Columbia border of Canada. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1919 by Charles D. Walcott since the mountain divides the Lyell Icefield from the Mons Icefield.[1][2]

Division Mountain
Division Mountain reflected in Glacier Lake
Highest point
Elevation3,020 m (9,910 ft) [1]
Prominence340 m (1,120 ft) [2]
Parent peakChristian Peak (3406 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°53′21″N 117°00′31″W [3]
Geography
Division Mountain
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Division Mountain
Division Mountain (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N/14[3]
Climbing
First ascent1918 by Interprovincial Boundary Commission[1]

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain experiences 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 the winter.

See also

References
  1. "Division Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  2. "Division Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  3. "Division Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  4. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  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: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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