Mount Henry MacLeod
Mt. Henry MacLeod from Maligne Lake
Highest point
Elevation3,315 m (10,876 ft)[1][2]
Prominence265 m (869 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Brazeau (3,470 m)[2]
Isolation2.21 km (1.37 mi)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°31′45″N 117°21′02″W / 52.5291667°N 117.3505556°W / 52.5291667; -117.3505556[3]
Geography
Mount Henry MacLeod is located in Alberta
Mount Henry MacLeod
Mount Henry MacLeod
Location of Mt. Henry MacLeod in Alberta
Mount Henry MacLeod is located in Canada
Mount Henry MacLeod
Mount Henry MacLeod
Mount Henry MacLeod (Canada)
LocationJasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangeQueen Elizabeth Ranges[1]
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C11 Southesk Lake[3]
Geology
Age of rockCambrian
Type of rockSedimentary

Mount Henry MacLeod is a 3,315-metre (10,876 ft) summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[3]

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.[4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, the mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Henry MacLeod is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Henry MacLeod, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Henry MacLeod". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Henry MacLeod". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 64.
  5. 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.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  7. 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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