Mount Cumnock

Mount Cumnock is a 2,438 m (7,999 ft) mountain summit located in Jasper National Park of Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the De Smet Range of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Cumnock was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland after Cumnock, in Scotland.[2] Bridgland (1878-1948) was a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[3] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1956 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[4] Its nearest higher peak is Mount Haultain, 7.5 km (4.7 mi) to the west.[1]

Mount Cumnock
Mount Cumnock
Location of Mount Cumnock in Alberta
Mount Cumnock
Mount Cumnock (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation2,438 m (7,999 ft) [1]
Prominence624 m (2,047 ft) [1]
Coordinates53°10′24″N 118°11′01″W [1]
Geography
LocationJasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeDe Smet Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83E/01

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cumnock is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Cumnock drains into Snake Indian River which is a tributary of the Athabasca River.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Cumnock, Alberta". Peakbagger.com.
  2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 40.
  3. Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930, Author I.S. MacLaren, The University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-456-6
  4. "Mount Cumnock". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  5. 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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