Mount Lambe
Mount Lambe is a 3,183-metre (10,443-foot) mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.[1]
| Mount Lambe | |
|---|---|
  Mount Lambe Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Mount Lambe Mount Lambe (Canada) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,183 m (10,443 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 263 m (863 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | 51°44′15″N 116°49′17″W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Alberta British Columbia |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/10 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission |
Geology
Mount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[2]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe 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
- List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
- Mountains of Alberta
- Mountains of British Columbia
References
- "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - 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.
External links
- Photo of Mt. Lambe Summitsearch.org
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