Dungeon Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{about|a mountain in Canada|Dungeon Peak in Washington state|Dungeon Peak (Washington)}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Dungeon Peak
| photo = Sunrise and cloud shadows on the Tonquin Valley Ramparts.jpg
| photo_caption = Dungeon Peak centered, with Oubliette Mountain (left), and Redoubt Peak to right
| elevation_m = 3129
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=404|title=Dungeon Peak|access-date=2019-08-11}}
| prominence_m = 489
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=509|title=Dungeon Peak|accessdate=2010-02-06}}
| range = Park Ranges
| parent_peak = Bennington Peak (3260 )
| listing = {{unbulleted list
| Mountains of British Columbia}}
| country = Canada
| region_type = Provinces
| region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}
| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| map_size = 250
| label_position = right#left
| coordinates = {{coord|52|41|06|N|118|17|44|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=35915|title=Dungeon Peak|access-date=2013-11-01}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|9}}
| first_ascent = 1933 by Rex Gibson, R.C. Hind, E.L. Woolf
| easiest_route = East Face IV 5.7
}}
Dungeon Peak is a {{convert|3129|m|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. The descriptive name was applied in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=49|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=45}}{{MacLaren-Mapper of Mountains}} The mountain's name was made official in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.{{cite cgndb|id=IACAR|name=Dungeon Peak|accessdate=2019-01-14}}
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Dungeon Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{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}} Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
See also
References
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External links
- National Park Service web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/jasper Jasper National Park]
- Dungeon Peak weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Dungeon-Peak Mountain Forecast]
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Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta
Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia
Category:Mount Robson Provincial Park
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