Mount Beatty

Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Beatty is located in Alberta
Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Beatty is located in British Columbia
Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty
Mount Beatty (British Columbia)
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CountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaParent rangePark RangesTopo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[3]ClimbingFirst ascent1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission[1]

Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War.[1][2][4][5]

Geology

Mount Beatty is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. 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, Mount Beatty is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).

See also

Gallery

  • Southeast aspect
    Southeast aspect
  • Mt. Beatty, Beatty Lake, Kananaskis Country, AB
    Mt. Beatty, Beatty Lake, Kananaskis Country, AB

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Beatty". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Beatty". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Beatty". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  4. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-07-06 – via babel.hathitrust.org.
  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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