Dungeon Peak Explained

Dungeon Peak
Elevation M:3129
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:489
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Park Ranges
Parent Peak:Bennington Peak (3260 )
Region Type:Provinces
Map:Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia
Map Size:250
Label Position:right#left
Coordinates:52.685°N -118.2956°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
First Ascent:1933 by Rex Gibson, R.C. Hind, E.L. Woolf
Easiest Route:East Face IV 5.7

Dungeon Peak is a 31290NaN0 mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. The descriptive name was applied in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1] [2] [4] The mountain's name was made official in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Dungeon Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

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Notes and References

  1. 404. Dungeon Peak. 2019-08-11.
  2. 509. Dungeon Peak. 2010-02-06.
  3. 35915. Dungeon Peak. 2013-11-01.
  4. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada. Ottawa. 45.
  5. IACAR. Dungeon Peak. 2019-01-14.
  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 . 1027-5606.