Vetter Peak
{{short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Vetter Peak
| other_name = Xhlawit
| photo =
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| elevation = {{convert|6889|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| elevation_ref = {{cite map|url=https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-008.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221170238/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-008.jpg|title=Nass River, Canada, United States of America|scale=1:250,000|series=A 502|map=103 P & 103-0|edition=4|type=Topographic map|publisher=Department of Energy, Mines and Resources|year=1989|language=en,fr|archive-date=February 21, 2022}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|55|06|03|N|129|12|08|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}}
| map= Canada British Columbia
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
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| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Vetter Peak
| mapframe-zoom = 9
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| country = Canada
| region_type = Province
| region = British Columbia{{cite bcgnis|id=54015|name=Xhlawit}}
| district = Cassiar Land District
| range = Kitimat Ranges
| topo_maker = NTS
| topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|103|P|3}}
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Vetter Peak is a {{convert|6889|ft|m|adj=mid|abbr=off|order=flip}} mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Vetter Peak is a triple-peaked mountain in Cassiar Land District and is part of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains. It is situated {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=off}} southwest of New Aiyansh and about {{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=off}} north of Alder Peak, the nearest higher peak. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the northern and western slopes drain to the headwaters of Vetter Creek and Ansedagan Creek, respectively. A pond immediately southwest of the peak drains into Alder Creek which has its headwaters on the northern slope of Alder Peak. Vetter Peak is separated from the Nass Ranges of the Hazelton Mountains in the east by the Tseax River valley. Northwest of Vetter Peak is the junction of the Nass and Tseax rivers.
Etymology
Vetter Peak is one of four sacred mountains sacred to the Nisga'a people; they survived on the peak during the Great Flood. The name of the peak was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Vetter Peak was subsequently renamed to Xhlawit on May 11, 2000, in accordance to the Nisga'a Treaty. According to Sigidimnak' Angaye'e, a Nisga'a elder, "the shape of the mountain peak is likened to a xhlaawim gan/ a V-shaped stem or limb of a tree."
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Vetter Peak is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.{{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 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}} Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports unnamed glaciers surrounding Vetter Peak.
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite cgndb|id=JCKVK|title=Vetter Peak}}
- {{cite cgndb|id=JDGCQ|title=Xhlawit}}
{{Kitimat Ranges}}
Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia