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Dungeon Peak

January 21, 2023

This article is about a mountain in Canada. For Dungeon Peak in Washington state, see Dungeon Peak (Washington).

Dungeon Peak is a 3,129-metre (10,266 ft) mountain summit located on the shared border of Jasper National Park in Alberta, and Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. Dungeon Peak is part of The Ramparts in the Tonquin Valley. The descriptive name was applied in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[1][2][4][5] The mountain's name was made official in 1935 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[6]

Dungeon Peak
Dungeon Peak centered, with Oubliette Mountain (left), and Redoubt Peak to right
Highest point
Elevation3,129 m (10,266 ft)[1]
Prominence489 m (1,604 ft)[2]
Parent peakBennington Peak (3260 )[2]
Listing
Coordinates52°41′06″N 118°17′44″W / 52.68500°N 118.29556°W / 52.68500; -118.29556Coordinates: 52°41′06″N 118°17′44″W / 52.68500°N 118.29556°W / 52.68500; -118.29556[3]
Geography
Dungeon Peak
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Dungeon Peak
Dungeon Peak (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83D9 Amethyst Lakes[3]
Climbing
First ascent1933 by Rex Gibson, R.C. Hind, E.L. Woolf[2]
Easiest routeEast Face IV 5.7[1]

Climate

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dungeon Peak". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dungeon Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  3. ^ a b "Dungeon Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 45.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Dungeon Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  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.

External links

  • National Park Service web site: Jasper National Park
  • Dungeon Peak weather: Mountain Forecast


 

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January 21, 2023
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