| Mount Daly | |
|---|---|
 Mount Daly and Bath Glacier | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,148 m (10,328 ft) |
| Prominence | 368 m (1,207 ft) |
| Parent peak | Mount Balfour (3,272 m) |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 51°31′07″N 116°23′44″W / 51.51861°N 116.39556°W / 51.51861; -116.39556 |
| Geography | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N9 Hector Lake |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1903 J.H Batcheller, C.E. Fay, E. Tewes, C. Bohren, C. Hasler Sr. |
Mount Daly is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1898 by Charles E. Fay after Charles P. Daly, a geographer. Mount Niles is located two km southwest of Daly.
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Daly is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Daly is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Daly". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Mount Daly (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Mount Daly". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 41.
- Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
- 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.
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