Mount Lambe Explained

Mount Lambe
Elevation M:3182
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:263
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Park Ranges
Parent Peak:Solitaire Mountain (3300 m)
Region Type:Provinces
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Banff National Park
Map:Canada Alberta#British Columbia
Map Size:260
Label Position:right
Coordinates:51.7372°N -116.8211°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
First Ascent:1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

Mount Lambe is a 3182abbr=offNaNabbr=off mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.[2]

Geology

Mount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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Notes and References

  1. 756. Mount Lambe. 2021-09-30.
  2. 314. Mount Lambe. 2019-05-09.
  3. IACGP. Mount Lambe (Alberta). 2021-09-30.
  4. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . amp . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 5 . 1633–1644 . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . free . 2007HESS...11.1633P . 1027-5606.