Mount Warspite
{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Warspite
| photo = Kananaskis mountain peak.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Warspite, northeast face
| elevation_m = 2850
| elevation_ref = {{efn|Another source states 2860 m.}}
| prominence_m = 240
| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=834|name= Mount Warspite |access-date=2018-12-07}}
| range = {{unbulleted list|Spray Mountains|Canadian Rockies}}
| parent_peak = Mount Black Prince (2939 m)
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta
| part_type = Protected area | part = Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
| map = Canada Alberta#Canada
| map_caption = Location of Mount Warspite in Alberta
| coordinates = {{coord|50|40|52|N|115|12|59|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id= IAOYB |name= Mount Warspite |access-date=2019-07-15}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}
| rock =
| age =
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route = Difficult Scramble
}}
Mount Warspite is a {{Convert|2850|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Smith-Dorrien Road (742), and Alberta Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Warspite's nearest higher peak is Mount Black Prince, located {{convert|2.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.
Like many of the mountains in Kananaskis Country, Mount Warspite is named after figures and ships involved in the 1916 Battle of Jutland, a significant naval engagement of the First World War. Mount Warspite was named in 1917 for the British battleship HMS Warspite, one of the most decorated and revered ships in Royal Navy history that fought during the Battle of Jutland and survived to also serve in World War II.{{cite web|url=https://albertashistoricplaces.wordpress.com/2016/06/22/the-battle-of-jutland-first-world-war-commemoration-and-alberta-place-names/ |title=Battle of Jutland|publisher=Alberta Historic Places|access-date=2025-05-01}}{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=131|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029&view=1up&seq=135|access-date=2025-05-01}} The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1922 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
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Geology
Mount Warspite 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}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Warspite 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 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below {{cvt|−20|C}} with wind chill factors below {{cvt|−30|C}}. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Kananaskis River, thence into the Bow River.
See also
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References
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NTS map sheet {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}
{{cite map|title=Kananaskis Lakes|section=C3|orig-year=1998|year=2024|scale=1:50,000
| publisher=Gem Trek Publishing|location=Cochrane, AB|isbn=1-895526-24-8
| url=https://gemtrek.com/product/kananaskis-lakes-map/ | access-date=2025-05-01}}
{{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Warspite
| publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location = Calgary | year=1999|isbn=0-921102-67-4|pages=160-161}}
}}
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External links
- Mt. Warspite photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/24693457@N05/46021281771/in/photolist-nLzyuq-7HHAT1-7eFHXM-dvMVG9-dAUamu-X8fMst-dx7eVA-d4qzxA-re5BFP-4bxgkd-hib32R-QVEWBR-2fynDrz-aWe5dK-df2yaR-dmrSyi-6FCjCc-JD6tgJ-2fMXJRB-6K2fZ8-CSPu7z-agu3Zz-6mvML1-2DQxB4-69sgZq-9Q9x7o-RKZKXH-b8Bnit-7mDq84-b8Boor-PeUo4u-2ecdCHL-VWxiSd-axyWwa-Sui5MV-9KPkfp-bUGw1N-6Enq8N-QdzsSn-2dSWsQ9-7HPwJm-2d7K6Hn-dhsgYE-29zECqe-9KSbFy-6Evqxc-6DUq1o-dhtKuL-ViWzux-agbFcS Flickr]
- Mt. Warspite pano: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/virgilm/30947189305/in/photolist-6FCjCc-6Enq8N-dAUamu-3D9GHn-jh1qy4-fxYpqd-P9Grcp-8kTiS9-d1qGSu-8kQ6jx-3De5eJ-djm1BY-4PEGMk-48YeGt-cTxaNy-6yEeEz-8oVRoS-Bpb7mT-HboM1E-MJb3Uw-de67dE-8oTn1V-2dWSaQj-8oWANJ-JYJt2W-qB9dwZ-dGktbY Flickr]
- Mount Warspite weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Warspite/forecasts/2850 Mountain Forecast]
{{Geographic Location
| Center = Mount Warspite
| North = Mount Inflexible
| Northeast = Mount Evan-Thomas
| East = Lower Kananaskis Lake
| Southeast = Mount Invincible
| South = Mount Lyautey
| Southwest = Mount Putnik
| West = Continental Divide
| Northwest = Mount Black Prince
}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
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