{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Allenby | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 2995 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-allenby.html|title=Mount Allenby, Peakvisor.com|access-date=November 7, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Boles">William Lowell Putnam, Glen W. Boles (2006), ''Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains'', Rocky Mountain Books, {{ISBN|9781894765794}}, p. 26</ref> | prominence_m = 349 | prominence_ref = <ref name=peakvisor/> | isolation_km = 1.52 | isolation_ref = <ref name=peakvisor/> | range = Sundance Range<br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Beersheba Peak (3,054 m)<ref name=peakvisor/> | etymology = Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby | listing = Mountains of Alberta | location = Banff National Park<br />Alberta, Canada | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Allenby | coordinates = {{coord|50|56|22|N|115|31|58|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id= IABGF |name= Mount Allenby |accessdate=2022-11-07}}</ref> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Limestone | age = Cambrian | type = Fault block | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Mount Allenby''' is a mountain summit in Alberta, Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Description== Mount Allenby, elevation 2,995 meters, is set within Banff National Park, four kilometers east of the Continental Divide, and is situated near the southern end of the Sundance Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies.<ref name=peakvisor/> It is located approximately {{convert|26.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} due south of the town of Banff, {{convert|1.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-northwest of Mount Mercer, and {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Mount Assiniboine. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Allenby and Mercer creeks which empty to the nearby Spray Lakes Reservoir via Bryant Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|1,115|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Bryant Creek Valley in {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}}.
==Etymology== Mount Allenby was named after Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861–1936), British Army field-marshal.<ref>{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=15|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=11}}</ref> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>
==Geology== Mount Allenby is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.<ref name=Belyea1960>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Allenby is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
==See also== * Geography of Alberta * Geology of Alberta
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Mount Allenby: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6079708/Canada/Alberta/Mount%20Allenby weather forecast] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]
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