Wonder Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Wonder Peak
| photo = Wonder Peak in Canada.jpg
| photo_caption = Wonder Peak at sunset
| elevation_m = 2852
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=1550|name=Wonder Peak|access-date=2019-09-16}}
| prominence_m = 165
| prominence_ref =
| range = Canadian Rockies
| location = Alberta
British Columbia
| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
| map_size = 260
| label_position = right#left
| coordinates = {{coord|50|53|41|N|115|33|31|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}
| first_ascent = 1913 Conrad Kain, Boundary Commission
| easiest_route =
}}
Wonder Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies. Situated on the Continental Divide, it also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It was named in 1913 by Arthur O. Wheeler and Conrad Kain.{{cite bivouac|id=1491|name=Wonder Peak|accessdate=2019-09-16}}
Geology
Wonder Peak 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}}
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Wonder Peak 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 -20°C with wind chill factors below -30°C.
Gallery
Wonder Peak from Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.jpg|Wonder Peak from Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite bcgnis|id=23950|name=Wonder Peak}}
- Wonder Peak photo: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtnclimer67/13073391115/in/album-72157649847877952/ Flickr]
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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta