Mount Magog
{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta/British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Mount Magog
| photo= Mount Magog and Mount Assiniboine.jpg
| photo_caption= Mt. Magog (left) and Mt. Assiniboine (right)
| elevation_m= 3092
| elevation_ref={{efn|Other sources state 3095 m.}}
| prominence_m= 188
| prominence_ref={{cite bivouac|id= 1487|name=Mount Magog|access-date=2019-09-14}}
| parent= Park Ranges
| parent_peak= Mount Assiniboine (3616 m)
| listing = {{unbulleted list
| Mountains of British Columbia}}
| subdivision1_type= Provinces
| subdivision1= {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}
| country= Canada
| subdivision2_type= Parks
| subdivision2= {{unbulleted list|Banff National Park|Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park}}
| map= Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption= Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| map_size= 200
| label_position= right#left
| coordinates= {{coord|50|52|45|N|115|38|05|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=JAHFA|name=Mount Magog (BC)|access-date= 2019-09-14}}
| topo_map= NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}
| first_ascent= 1920 A.J. Gilmour, Albert H. MacCarthy, A.W. Wakefield, F.N. Waterman
| easiest_route=
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Mount Magog is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It was named in 1930 after references in the Bible.{{cite crdb|id= 834|name=Mount Magog|access-date=2019-09-14}}
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Geology
Mount Magog is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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 Magog 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. | 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| url = https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00298818/file/hessd-4-439-2007.pdf }} Temperatures can drop below -20°C with wind chill factors below -30°C.
Gallery
File:Magog Lake Sunrise (85746257).jpeg|Magog Lake sunrise, Mt. Magog to left
Mount Magog.jpg|Mount Magog
See also
References
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{{cite bcgnis|id=3949|name=Mount Magog|access-date=2019-09-14}}
{{cite opentopomap |Mount Magog|50.87861|-115.63472|2021-10-11}}
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Category:Three-thousanders of Alberta
Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia