Mount Cline
{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Cline
| photo = Mount Cline.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Cline in June 2008
| elevation_m = 3361
| elevation_ref = {{cite crdb |id=280 |title=Mount Cline |access-date=2019-08-20}}
| prominence_m = 1196
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=336|name=Mount Cline|access-date=2011-03-29}}
| range = Cline Range{{cite peakbagger |rid=141243 |name=Cline Range |access-date=2011-03-29}}
Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak =
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta
| map = Canada Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| map_size = 260
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|52|04|12|N|116|40|56|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IANDQ|name=Mount Cline|access-date=2019-09-15}}
| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|02}}
| first_ascent = 1927 by J. H. Barnes, A. L. Castle, A. L. Castle Jr., Jimmy Simpson, guided by Rudolph Aemmer
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Cline is a mountain in western Alberta, Canada, {{cvt|11|km}} north of Saskatchewan Crossing, {{cvt|60|km}} southwest of Nordegg.
The mountain is located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, {{convert|2|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Resolute Mountain. It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, after Michel Klyne (also called Michael Cline), French Canadian postmaster of Jasper House from 1824 to 1835.
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Geology
Mount Cline is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.{{Belyea-Banff-NP}} Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{cite book|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cline is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | 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.
Gallery
File:Mount Cline 2.jpg|Mount Cline
See also
References
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