Mount Inflexible Explained

Mount Inflexible
Elevation M:3000
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:379
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Kananaskis Range
Parent Peak:Mount James Walker (3035 m)
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Location:Alberta, Canada
Map:Canada Alberta
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Coordinates:50.7819°N -115.2067°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
First Ascent:1956 Brian Greenwood, R. Lofthouse

Mount Inflexible is a mountain in the Kananaskis Range of Alberta, Canada.[1] [2] It was named in 1922 after, a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy serving during the First World War.[4]

Geology

Mount Inflexible 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.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Inflexible is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below with wind chill factors below .

See also

Notes and References

  1. 676. Mount Inflexible. 2021-09-04.
  2. 1451. Mount Inflexible. 2021-09-04.
  3. IALBJ. Mount Inflexible. 2021-09-04.
  4. Book: Place-names of Alberta. 1928. Geographic Board of Canada. Ottawa. 67.
  5. Book: Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias . Gadd, Ben . 2008.
  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.