Mount Erebus (Canada)

Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus behind outlier Outpost Peak
Highest point
Elevation3,112 m (10,210 ft)[1]
Prominence722 m (2,369 ft)[1]
Parent peakMount Fraser (3313 m)[1]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°37′58″N 118°16′02″W / 52.63278°N 118.26722°W / 52.63278; -118.26722[1]
Geography
Mount Erebus is located in Alberta
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus
Location in Alberta
Mount Erebus is located in Canada
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus
Mount Erebus (Canada)
LocationJasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
Parent rangePark Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83D9 Amethyst Lakes
Geology
Rock ageCambrian
Rock typeSedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent1924 by L. Coolidge, G. Higginsnon, J.E. Johnson, A. Streich[1]

Mount Erebus is a 3,112-metre (10,210-foot) mountain summit located near the Tonquin Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Mount Erebus is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period, then was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[2] Its nearest higher peak is Mount Fraser, 4.0 km (2.5 mi) to the northwest.[1] The Continental Divide lies 3 km (1.9 mi) to the west, Angle Peak is situated 4.5 km (2.8 mi) to the southeast, and The Ramparts are 5.0 km (3.1 mi) to the north. The mountain's north ridge terminates at Outpost Peak.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Erebus". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias