Mount Henry MacLeod
Elevation3315 m
Prominence265 m
Isolation2.21 km
RangeQueen Elizabeth Ranges[1]
Canadian Rockies
Parent peakMount Brazeau (3,470 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
LocationJasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
Coordinates52.5291667°N 117.3505556°W
TopoNTS [3]
RockSedimentary
AgeCambrian

Mount Henry MacLeod is a 3,315-metre (10,876-foot) summit located in Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[3]

Mount Henry MacLeod was named for Henry A. MacLeod, a Canadian Pacific Railroad surveyor who investigated a potential route in the Maligne Valley in 1875.[4]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, the mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Henry MacLeod is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

References

  1. ^ 4562. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ^ 454. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ^ IAJDE. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 64.
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  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias"
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