{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Lectern Peak | image = Lectern Peak, Alberta.jpg | image_caption = North aspect | elevation_m = 2772 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/lectern-peak.html|title=Lectern Peak, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2022-12-31}}</ref><ref name=pf/> | prominence_m = 206 | prominence_ref = <ref name=peakvisor/> | isolation_km = 0.83 | isolation_ref = <ref name=peakvisor/> | range = Trident Range<br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Aquila Mountain (2,840 m)<ref name=peakvisor/> | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected area | part = Jasper National Park | map = Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | label_position = right | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Lectern Peak | coordinates = {{coord|52|44|42|N|118|06|42|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IACUG|name=Lectern Peak|accessdate=2022-12-31}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}} | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Lectern Peak''' is a {{Convert|2772|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.
==Description== Lectern Peak is set within Jasper National Park, in the Trident Range of the Canadian Rockies. The town of Jasper is situated {{convert|15|km|mi}} to the north and the Continental Divide is {{convert|15|km|mi}} to the west. The nearest higher neighbor is Aquila Mountain, {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south.<ref name=peakvisor/> The peak is visible from the Icefields Parkway to the east.<ref name=pf>{{cite peakfinder|id=767|name=Lectern Peak|access-date=2022-12-31}}</ref> Precipitation runoff from Lectern Peak drains into Portal Creek and Astoria River which are both tributaries of the Athabasca River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 900 meters (2,950 feet) above the creek in two kilometers (1.2 mile). A partial ascent of the mountain was made in 1913 by Geoffrey E. Howard who named the peak for its resemblance to a church lectern.<ref>Morrison Parsons Bridgland, Robert Douglas, Édouard Deville (1917), ''Description of & Guide to Jasper Park'', Canada Department of the Interior</ref><ref>Howard Palmer, James Monroe Thorington (1921), ''A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada'', American Alpine Club, p. 151</ref> He was accompanied by Arnold L. Mumm and Moritz Inderbinen on the expedition. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 5, 1935, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Lectern Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
==Geology== The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Jasper (51629300591).jpg|Lectern Peak, with the top of parent Aquila Mountain (left) </gallery>
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * Geography of Alberta
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park] * Lectern Peak: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6051494/Canada/Alberta/Lectern%20Peak weather forecast]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Lectern Peak | North = Marmot Mountain | Northeast = Icefields Parkway | East = Athabasca Valley | Southeast = Astoria River | South = Aquila Mountain | Southwest = Chak Peak | West = Portal Creek | WNW = Peveril Peak | Northwest = Terminal Mountain }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park Category:South Jasper Ranges