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Mountain in the country of Canada

Mount Shanks
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation 2,838 m (9,311 ft)[1][2]
Prominence 851 m (2,792 ft)[1]
Parent peak Mount Assiniboine (3,618 m)[2]
Isolation 5.69 km (3.54 mi)[1]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 51°00′14″N 115°52′52″W / 51.00389°N 115.88111°W / 51.00389; -115.88111[3]
Naming
Etymology Thomas Shanks
Geography
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Map
Interactive map of Mount Shanks
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Protected area Kootenay National ParkMount Assiniboine Provincial Park
Parent range Ball RangeCanadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82O4 Banff[3]
Geology
Rock age Cambrian
Rock type sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent 1976

Mount Shanks is a 2,838-metre (9,311-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

Mount Shanks is situated 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the Continental Divide on the boundary that Kootenay National Park shares with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.[4] The peak is part of the Ball Range which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation runoff from the peak's north and east slopes flows into tributaries of the Simpson River, whereas the west slope drains into the Vermilion River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 metres (5,249 ft) above the Vermilion River in 4 km (2.5 mi) and 1,340 metres (4,396 ft) above the Simpson River in 3 km (1.9 mi).

This landform's original local name was "Folding Mountain" until the mountain was renamed in 1927 by Dominion Land Survey staff in honor of their colleague, the late Thomas Shanks, Assistant Director General of Surveys of Canada.[4][5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on July 31, 1927, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[3] The mountain was first climbed in September 1976 by P. Spear and R. Workum.[6]

Mount Shanks 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.[7]

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Shanks is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Shanks, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Shanks, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Shanks". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Shanks". BC Geographical Names.
  5. ^ "Mount Shanks". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  6. ^ Glen W. Boles, Robert Kruszyna, William Lowell Putnam (1979), The Rocky Mountains of Canada, South, American Alpine Club, ISBN 9780930410087, p.228.
  7. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
  8. ^ 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.