Massive Mountain
Massive Mountain (upper right)
Highest point
Elevation2,435 m (7,989 ft)[1]
Prominence88 m (289 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Brett
ListingList of mountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°10′54″N 115°47′41″W / 51.18167°N 115.79472°W / 51.18167; -115.79472[3]
Geography
Massive Mountain is located in Alberta
Massive Mountain
Massive Mountain
Location in Alberta
Massive Mountain is located in Canada
Massive Mountain
Massive Mountain
Massive Mountain (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeMassive Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O4 Banff

Massive Mountain is situated in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. It is located in the Massive Range and was named in 1918 for its massive size.[1][2] It however is not the highest summit in the range, that belongs to Mount Brett (2,984 m (9,790 ft)).

Geology

Pilot Peak is centered with Massive Mountain below it.
Pilot Peak is centered with Massive Mountain below it.

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, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

  1. 1 2 "Massive Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  2. 1 2 "Massive Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Massive Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  4. ↑ Belyea, Helen (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.