Mount Henry MacLeod

Mount Henry MacLeod
Mount Henry MacLeod
	Mt. Henry MacLeod from Maligne Lake
Highest point
Elevation	3,315 m (10,876 ft) [1]
Prominence	265 m (869 ft) [1]
Parent peak	Mount Brazeau (3,500+ m)[1]
Isolation	2.21 km (1.37 mi) [1]
Coordinates	52°31′46″N 117°21′02″W [1]
Geography
	Mount Henry MacLeod Location of Mount Noyes in Alberta Mount Henry MacLeod Mount Henry MacLeod (Canada)
Location	Jasper National Park; Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Queen Elizabeth Ranges[1]; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83 C/11
Geology
Age of rock	Cambrian
Type of rock	Sedimentary

Mount Henry MacLeod is a 3,315-meter-elevation summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[2]

Mount Henry MacLeod was named for Henry A. MacLeod, a Canadian Pacific Railroad surveyor who investigated a potential route in the Maligne Valley in 1875.[3]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, 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, Henry MacLeod is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

"Henry MacLeod, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
"Mount Henry MacLeod". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 64.
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.
Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
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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[pb-1] "Henry MacLeod, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[2] "Mount Henry MacLeod". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.

[3] Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 64.

[Belyea1960-4] 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.

[gadd-5] Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.

[Peel-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.