Mount Synge

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Synge

| photo = Mt. Synge.jpg

| photo_caption = Mt. Synge (center) from NNE

| elevation_m = 2972

| elevation_ref = {{cite opentopomap|Mount xyz|51.805556|-116.662222|2023-10-14}}

| prominence_m = 47

| prominence_ref =

| range = Waputik Mountains
Canadian Rockies

| parent_peak = Aiguille Peak (2,999 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list|

Mountains of Alberta|

Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country= Canada

| subdivision1_type= Provinces

| subdivision1= {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| district = Kootenay Land District

| 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= 240

| label_position= right#left

| coordinates = {{coord|51.805556|N|116.662222|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAMSE|name=Mount Synge (Alberta)|access-date=2023-10-14}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|15}}

| first_ascent = 1952 Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Mendenhall

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Synge is located NE of the head of the Blaeberry River and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.{{cite bcgnis|id=16704|title=Mount Synge|access-date=2023-10-14}} It was named in 1918 after Captain Millington Henry Synge (1823–1907), British Army officer and author.{{cite crdb|id=1360|name=Mount Synge|access-date=2023-10-14}}{{cite bivouac|id=1700|name=Mount Synge|access-date=2023-10-14}}

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mt. Synge 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 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Winter temperatures can drop below {{convert|-20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{convert|-30|C}}.

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Synge 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}}

See also

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