Mount Lambe is a 3,182-metre (10,440-foot) 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.[3]
| Mount Lambe | |
|---|---|
  Mount Lambe Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Mount Lambe Mount Lambe (British Columbia) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,182 m (10,440 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 263 m (863 ft)[3] |
| Parent peak | Solitaire Mountain (3300 m)[3] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 51°44′14″N 116°49′16″W / 51.73722°N 116.82111°W[4] |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Protected area | Banff National Park |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission |
Geology edit
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.[5]
Climate edit
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Mount Lambe". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount Lambe". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ a b c "Mount Lambe". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ a b "Mount Lambe (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Photo of Mt. Lambe Summitsearch.org
- "Mount Lambe". BC Geographical Names.