Mount Donkin is a

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, Canada.

Description

Mount Donkin is located in Glacier National Park and is part of the

Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle, eastern Washington, and southeastern British Columbia which are part of a larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. They begin at Mica Pe ...

. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the

Incomappleux River The Incomappleux River is in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Entering the Beaton Arm of Upper Arrow Lake, the river is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The upper reaches of the Incomappleux valley are home ...

. Mount Donkin is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation.

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is significant as the summit rises 1,840 metres (6,037 ft) above the Incomappleux River in . The nearest higher neighbor is Michel Peak on Mount Dawson, to the east.

History

While in the Selkirks in 1888, Rev. William Spotswood Green, Alpine Club, London, named this mountain after fellow club member William Frederick Donkin (1845–1888), Honorary Secretary of the Alpine Club, who perished that year in the

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. The nearby Mount Fox was also named in memory of another member of the club,

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, who also perished with Donkin during their attempt to be the first to climb

Koshtan-Tau Koshtan-Tau (russian: Коштан-тау; Karachay-Balkar: Къоштан-тау, means ''paired mountain'') is the highest peak (5,144m) of the Koshtan massif of the central Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, near t ...

. The bodies of Donkin, Fox, and their two Swiss guides (Kaspar Streich and Johann Fischer) were never found. The

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of the summit was made in 1890 by Harold Ward Topham, who also has a nearby mountain named after him,

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. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on May 29, 1901, by the

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Climate

Based on the

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, Mount Donkin is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Donkin Glacier on the northeast slope of the peak.

References

External links

* Glacier National Park
Parks Canada
* Mount Donkin
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* William Frederick Donkin in memoriam
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