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Mount Inflexible

Mount Inflexible

Mountain in the country of Canada

Mount Inflexible is a mountain in the Kananaskis Range of Alberta, Canada.[1][2] It was named in 1922 after HMS Inflexible, a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy serving during the First World War.[4]

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Geology

Mount Inflexible 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.[5]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Inflexible is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[6] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mount Inflexible". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  2. [2]
    "Mount Inflexible". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  3. [3]
    "Mount Inflexible". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. [4]
    Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 67.
  5. [5]
    Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  6. [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.


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