Mount Coleman | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,135 m (10,285 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 775 m (2,543 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Cirrus Mountain (3270 m)[1] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°07′08″N 116°55′17″W / 52.11889°N 116.92139°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 83C2 Cline River[1] |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Sedimentary |
Mount Coleman is a 3,135-metre (10,285 ft) mountain summit located in the upper North Saskatchewan River valley in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.[2] Its nearest higher peak is Cirrus Mountain, 4.46 km (2.77 mi) to the north.[3] Mount Coleman is situated along the east side the Icefields Parkway midway between Saskatchewan Crossing and Sunwapta Pass.
Mount Coleman was named in 1898 after Arthur P. Coleman (1852-1939), a Canadian geologist and among the first white men to explore the area that is now Jasper National Park.[4]
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Coleman is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Coleman is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Coleman drains into tributaries of the North Saskatchewan River.