Serendipity Spire is a mountain in
British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Serendipity Spire is located northwest of
Golden
Golden means made of, or relating to gold.
Golden may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall
*Golden Cap, Dorset
*Golden Square, Soho, London
*Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershir ...
in 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 ...
.
[ Serendipity Spire is surrounded by glaciers, the largest of which is the OK Glacier to the northwest. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the peak's slopes drains into tributaries of the ]Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,457 metres (4,780 ft) above Austerity Creek in approximately . The peak was so named by American mountaineer William Lowell Putnam III "...because the mountain was inspiring to look at," which was a Putnam malapropism since serendipity
Serendipity is an unplanned fortunate discovery. Serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of product invention and scientific discovery.
Etymology
The first noted use of "serendipity" was by Horace Walpole on 28 January 1754. I ...
is finding something valuable or agreeable, that hadn't been sought.[ The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on January 23, 1973, by the ]Geographical Names Board of Canada
The Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee with a secretariat in Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used and name changes on official federal government maps of Canada ...
.[
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Serendipity Spire 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.
See also
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* Geography of British Columbia
References
External links
* Weather
Serendipity Spire
{{Geographic Location 2
, Center = Serendipity Spire
, North = Austerity Creek
, Northeast = Austerity Creek
, East = Unicorn Mountain
Unicorn Mountain is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Unicorn Mountain is part of the Adamant Range which is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains. It is located northwest of Golden along the west side of the Rocky Mountain T ...
, Southeast = Austerity Mountain
, South = Whiteface Tower
, Southwest = Remillard Peak
, West = Windy Creek
, Northwest = OK Glacier
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Selkirk Mountains
Columbia Country
Kootenay Land District