Mount Mercer (Alberta)
| Mount Mercer | |
|---|---|
 South aspect of Mount Mercer (centre) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,970 m (9,740 ft)[1][2][3] |
| Prominence | 295 m (968 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Beersheba Peak (3,054 m)[1] |
| Isolation | 1.93 km (1.20 mi)[1] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 50°55′24″N 115°31′13″W / 50.92333°N 115.52028°W[4] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Malcolm Mercer |
| Geography | |
  Mount Mercer Location in Alberta  Mount Mercer Location in Canada | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Mercer | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Protected area | Banff National Park |
| Parent range | Sundance Range Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine[4] |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cambrian |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Rock type | Limestone |
Mount Mercer is a 2,970-metre (9,744-foot) mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.
Geography
[edit]Mount Mercer is set within Banff National Park, three kilometres east of the Continental Divide, and is situated near the southern end of the Sundance Range,[4] which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. Located four kilometres east of Assiniboine Pass,[2] Mount Mercer is a remote peak which is not visible from any road. Mount Mercer's nearest higher neighbor is Mount Allenby, 1.9 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northwest, and Mount Assiniboine is 10 km (6.2 mi) to the southwest.[1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Mercer and Bryant creeks which empty to the nearby Spray Lakes Reservoir. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,130 m (3,710 ft) above Bryant Creek Valley in less than 2 km (1.2 mi).
Geology
[edit]Mount Mercer is composed of limestone which is a 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
[edit]Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Mercer is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
Etymology
[edit]Mount Mercer is named in remembrance of Major-General Malcolm Mercer (1859–1916), a Canadian general who led the 3rd Canadian Division during the First World War before he was killed in action at Mount Sorrel in Belgium on June 2, 1916.[3][8] He was the highest ranking Canadian killed in the war. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[4]
Gallery
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Mount Mercer, south aspect -
Malcolm Mercer
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Mount Mercer". peakvisor.com. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Putnam, William Lowell; Boles, Glen W. (1973). Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada, South. American Alpine Club. p. 109.
- ^ a b "Mount Mercer". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Mercer". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ The Canada Gazette, February 23, 1918, p. 2862
External links
[edit]- Mount Mercer: weather forecast
- Parks Canada web site: Banff National Park