Massive Mountain

Massive Mountain
Massive Mountain
	Massive Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	2,435 m (7,989 ft) [1]
Prominence	88 m (289 ft) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Brett
Listing	List of mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°10′54″N 115°47′41″W [3]
Geography
	Massive Mountain Location in Alberta Massive Mountain Massive Mountain (Canada)
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Massive Range; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O/04

Massive Mountain is situated in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. It is located in the Massive Range and was named in 1918 for its massive size.[1][2]It however is not the highest summit in the range, that belongs to Mount Brett (2,984 m (9,790 ft)).

Massive Mountain seen from Icefields Parkway

Geology

The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[4] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, it is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C.

References

"Massive Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
"Massive Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
"Massive Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
Belyea, Helen (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

Media related to Massive Mountain at Wikimedia Commons
National Park Service web site: Banff National Park
Massive Mountain weather: Mountain Forecast

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[peakfinder-1] "Massive Mountain". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.

[bivouac-2] "Massive Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.

[cgndb-3] "Massive Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-25.

[Belyea1960-4] Belyea, Helen (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[gadd-5] Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)

[Peel-6] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.