Mount Greenock

Mountain in Jasper NP, Alberta, Canada
Mount Greenock is located in Alberta
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Location of Mount Greenock in Alberta
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Mount Greenock is located in Canada
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Mount Greenock (Canada)
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LocationJasper National Park
Alberta, CanadaParent rangeDe Smet Range
Canadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 83E1 Snaring River[2]

Mount Greenock is a 2,073-metre (6,801 ft) mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.[2] It is situated in the De Smet Range of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland after Greenock, in Scotland.[3] Bridgland (1878-1948) was a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1956 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Greenock is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Greenock drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

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References

  1. ^ "Mount Greenock, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Greenock". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.
  4. ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
  5. ^ 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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