Mount Daly

Mount Daly is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1898 by Charles E. Fay after Charles F. Daly, a geographer.[1][2][4] Mount Niles is located two km southwest of Daly.

Mount Daly
Mount Daly and Bath Glacier
Highest point
Elevation3,148 m (10,328 ft) [1]
Prominence408 m (1,339 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°31′07″N 116°23′44″W [3]
Geography
Mount Daly
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Daly
Mount Daly (British Columbia)
LocationAlberta
British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N/09 Hector Lake[3]
Climbing
First ascent1903 J.H Batcheller, C.E. Fay, E. Tewes, C. Bohren, C. Hasler Sr.

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Daly is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Daly is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also
  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border

References
  1. "Mount Daly". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  2. "Mount Daly". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. "Mount Daly (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 41.
  5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. 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.


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