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| Snow Dome | |
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| Elevation: | 3,456 metres (11,339 feet) |
| Latitude: | 52° 11′ 10″ N |
| Longitude: | 117° 18′ 45″ W |
| Location: | Alberta- B.C., Canada |
| Topo map: | NTS 83C/03 |
| Range: | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
| First ascent: | 1898 by J. Norman Collie, Hugh Stutfield, Herman Woolley |
| Easiest route: | snow/glacier climb |
Snow Dome is a mountain located on the continental divideThis article is about continental divides in general terms. For the Atlantic/Pacific divide, see Continental Divide . Continental Divide is also the title of a 1981 movie starring John Belushi and Blair Brown. A continental divide is a line of elevated te in the Columbia IcefieldThe Columbia Icefield is a large icefield located in the Canadian Rockies, astride the Continental Divide of North America. The icefield lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff and the southern end of Jasper National Park. It is about 325 kmē; in are. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie as its snow capped massifIn geology, a massif is a section of the Earth's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term is also used to refer to a group of m resembles a dome.
Mountains of Canada