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{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Princess Margaret Mountain
| photo = Lake Minnewanka and Princess Margaret Mountain.jpg
| photo_caption = [[Lake Minnewanka]] and Princess Margaret Mountain
| elevation_m = 2515
| elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb/>
| prominence_m = 38
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=16889|name=Princess Margaret Mountain|access-date=2009-01-02}}</ref>
| range = [[Fairholme Range]]<br />[[Canadian Rockies]]
| parent_peak = [[Mount Charles Stewart]] 2809&nbsp;m<ref name=bivouac/>
| listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
| location = [[Alberta]], Canada
| map = Canada Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| coordinates = {{coord|51|09|32|N|115|22|08|W|type:mountain_region:CA}}
| coordinates_ref =<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IADPQ|name=Princess Margaret Mountain|access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|3}}<ref name=cgndb/>
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = rock climb
}}

'''Princess Margaret Mountain''' is a [[mountain]] located in the [[Bow River]] valley of [[Banff National Park]], {{convert|2.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Mount Charles Stewart]].

The mountain was named in 1958 after [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] (sister of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]), who had visited Banff and spent a night in a location near the mountain.<ref name=crdb/>
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==Geology==
The mountain is composed of [[sedimentary rock]] laid down from the [[Precambrian]] to [[Jurassic]] periods.<ref>{{Belyea-Banff-NP}}</ref> Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [[Laramide orogeny]].<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], it is located in a [[subarctic climate]] with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> Temperatures in winter can drop below {{convert|-20|C|F}} with wind chill factors below {{convert|-30|C|F}}. Weather conditions during summer months are optimum for climbing.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Princess Margaret Mountain from Bow River.jpg|Princess Margaret Mountain to right, seen from Bow River
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Geology of Alberta]]
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

==References==
<references>

<ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb| id=1112| name= Mt. Princess Margaret|access-date= 2007-08-31}}</ref>

</references>

==External links==
* Parks Canada National Park Service web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/ab/banff Banff National Park]

[[Category:Mountains of Banff National Park]]
[[Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta]]
[[Category:Fairholme Range]]

{{Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon}}