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 | |
| Elevation | 3,129 m (10,266 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 489 m (1,604 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Bennington Peak (3260 )[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 52°41′06″N 118°17′44″W / 52.68500°N 118.29556°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Dungeon Peak Location in Alberta and British Columbia  Dungeon Peak Dungeon Peak (British Columbia) | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 83D9 Amethyst Lakes[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1933 by Rex Gibson, R.C. Hind, E.L. Woolf[2] |
| Easiest route | East Face IV 5.7[1] |
Climate
editBased 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Dungeon Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^ a b c d "Dungeon Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
- ^ a b "Dungeon Peak". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 45.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dungeon Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ 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
edit- National Park Service web site: Jasper National Park
- Dungeon Peak weather: Mountain Forecast
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