Mount Greenock

Mount Greenock
Mount Greenock seen from Highway 16
Highest point
Elevation	2,073 m (6,801 ft)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	53°06′18″N 118°05′17″W[2]
Geography
Mount Greenock Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Greenock Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Location	Jasper National Park Alberta, Canada
Parent range	De Smet Range Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83E1 Snaring River[2]

Mount Greenock is a 2,073-metre (6,801 ft) mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.[2] It is situated in the De Smet Range of the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland after Greenock, in Scotland.[3] Bridgland (1878-1948) was a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[4] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1956 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Greenock is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Greenock drains into tributaries of the Athabasca River.

See also

• Geology of the Rocky Mountains

References

1. "Mount Greenock, Alberta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
2. "Mount Greenock". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
3. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.
4. MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
5. 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.