Mount Coleman (Alberta)

Mount Coleman is a 3,135-metre (10,285 ft) mountain summit located in the upper North Saskatchewan River valley in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[2] Its nearest higher peak is Cirrus Mountain, 4.46 km (2.77 mi) to the north.[3] Mount Coleman is situated along the east side the Icefields Parkway midway between Saskatchewan Crossing and Sunwapta Pass.

Mount Coleman
Mount Coleman (centered in distance) seen from Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Elevation3,135 m (10,285 ft)[1]
Prominence775 m (2,543 ft)[1]
Parent peakCirrus Mountain (3270 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°07′08″N 116°55′17″W[2]
Geography
Mount Coleman is located in Alberta
Mount Coleman
Mount Coleman
Location of Mount Coleman in Alberta
Mount Coleman is located in Canada
Mount Coleman
Mount Coleman
Mount Coleman (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C2 Cline River[1]
Geology
Type of rockSedimentary

History

Mount Coleman was named in 1898 after Arthur P. Coleman (1852-1939), a Canadian geologist and among the first white men to explore the area that is now Jasper National Park.[4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Coleman is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate
Mount Coleman (left) from Icefields Parkway

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Coleman is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Coleman drains into tributaries of the North Saskatchewan River.

Further reading

See also

References
  1. "Mount Coleman". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. "Mount Coleman". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Mount Coleman, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 36.
  5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. 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.


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