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
| range = Waputik Mountains
Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak = Aiguille Peak (2,999 m)
| listing = {{unbulleted list|
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 =
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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
References
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External links
- Mt. Synge photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/24693457@N05/4436950440/in/album-72157610707013757/ Flickr]
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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta
Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Category:Kootenay Land District
Category:Mountains of Banff National Park
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