Mount Robertson
{{Short description|Mountain on Alberta/British Columbia boundary in Canada}}
{{for|the mountain in Antarctica|Mount Robertson (Antarctica)}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Robertson
| photo = File:Mounts French, Robertson, Sir Douglas.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Robertson (centered) between Mount Sir Douglas dominating the right side and Mount French to the left side
| elevation_m = 3177
| elevation_ref = {{refn|name=elevation|group=Note|Multiple sources give elevations of 3177 metres, and 3194 metres.}}
| prominence_m = 281
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=840|name=Mount Robertson|accessdate=2021-01-05}}{{refn|group=Note|Given a summit elevation of 3177 metres.}}
| range = Spray Mountains
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| country = Canada
| state_type = Provinces
| state = Alberta and British Columbia
| map = Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|50|43|35|N|115|19|16|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=20770|name=Mount Robertson|accessdate=2021-01-05}}
| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}
| first_ascent = 1928 J.W.A. Hickson and Edward Feuz Jr.
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Robertson is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, standing astride the British Columbia-Alberta boundary between Palliser Pass and North Kananaskis Pass. The British Columbia side of the pass is in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. The mountain is named for Sir William Robertson (1860–1933), 1st Baronet, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.
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Geology
Mount Robertson is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was 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}} The Haig Glacier, largest singular glacier in Kananaskis Country, lies to the south of the peak.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Robertson 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 | 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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{{cite opentopomap|Mount Robertson|50.72624|-115.32100|2021-03-30}}
{{cite crdb|id=1172|name=Mount Robertson|access-date=2021-01-05}}
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Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia