Lynx Mountain is a mountain peak in the Canadian Rockies. It is located on the Continental Divide between the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the Cushina Ridge of the Continental Ranges. It was named by Lucius Quincy Coleman for the remains of a lynx they found on the ice of the nearby Coleman Glacier in 1908.[1][3]
| Lynx Mountain | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,192 m (10,472 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 425 m (1,394 ft)[3] |
| Parent peak | Resplendent Mountain (3425 m)[3] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 53°07′35″N 119°02′53″W / 53.12639°N 119.04806°W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Lynx Mountain Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Lynx Mountain Lynx Mountain (British Columbia) | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Protected areas | |
| Parent range | Rainbow Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83E3 Mount Robson[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1913 ACC Party, W. Schauffelberger[3] |
Reaching an elevation of 3,192 metres (10,472 ft),[1] it lies in both the Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park.
The Lynx Formation, a stratigraphic unit of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, was named for the mountain by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1913.[5]
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Lynx Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ "Topographic map of Lynx Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ a b c d "Lynx Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- ^ a b "Lynx Mountain (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Walcott, C.D. (1913). "Cambrian formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47 (12): 327–343.