Mount Lambe

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Lambe

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 3182

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=756|name=Mount Lambe|access-date=2021-09-30}}

| prominence_m = 263

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=314|name=Mount Lambe|access-date=2019-05-09}}

| range = Park Ranges

| parent_peak = Solitaire Mountain (3300 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Mountains of Alberta

| Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| region_type = Provinces

| region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| part_type = Protected area

| part = Banff National Park

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| map_size = 260

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|51.73722|-116.82111|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IACGP|name=Mount Lambe (Alberta)|access-date=2021-09-30}}

| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|10}}

| first_ascent = 1918 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

| easiest_route =

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Mount Lambe is a {{Convert|3182|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Lawrence Morris Lambe, a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada.

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Geology

Mount Lambe is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lambe 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

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{{cite opentopomap | name = Mount Lambe | lat=51.73722 | long=-116.82111 | access-date=2021-09-30}}

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