Mount Putnik

Mount Putnik is a mountain located north of Three Isle Creek and west of the Kananaskis River in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after the Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917).[3]

Mount Putnik
Mount Putnik
Highest point
Elevation2,940 m (9,650 ft) [1]
Prominence181 m (594 ft) [2]
Coordinates50°38′35″N 115°15′25″W 
Geography
Mount Putnik
Mount Putnik
Mount Putnik (Canada)
Parent rangeKananaskis Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J/11
Climbing
Easiest routescramble

In June of the year 2012, the Ravna Gora Serbian Heritage Society of Calgary, Alberta Canada, unveiled a plaque to commemorate Radomir Putnik on the mountain. The plaque text is as follows:

"Mount Putnik is named in perpetual remembrance of the men and women of the allied armed forces in Serbia and their leader Field Marshal Radomir Putnik (1847-1917). Serbia lost a quarter of its population, both army and civilian, during WWI (1914-1918). This sacrifice was part of Canadian and Allied efforts in Europe against three empires to protect the rights and freedoms of human kind.”

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] 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 tributaries of the Kananaskis River.

References
  1. Peakfinder. "Mount Putnik". Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  2. "Mount Putnik". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  3. Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). Place Names of Alberta: Mountains, mountain parks, and foothills. University of Calgary Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780919813731.
  4. 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.

See also
  • Detailed article about Putnik from the Serbia.com website:
  • [File:Upper Kananaskis lake Alberta Canada (31594955311).jpg|thumb|left|400px|Mount Putnik seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake]]


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