Brachiopod Mountain
Brachiopod Mountain was named by James F. Porter for the fossil brachiopods found in the Devonian limestone of the mountain. It is located in the Slate Range, a subset of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Brachiopod Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
See also
References
- ^ "Brachiopod Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ "Brachiopod Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Kane, Alan (1999). "Brachiopod Mountain". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
Brachiopod Mountain photo: Flickr
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