Mount Moresby is the highest mountain () of the Queen Charlotte Mountains, located south of Daajing Giids (formerly Queen Charlotte) on Moresby Island in British Columbia, Canada.
The mountain is located around 53 degrees N on Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands).
Geography Mount Moresby is located on Moresby Island, which is the more southern of the two main islands of Haida Gwaii. There are two lakes near it.
Nature Mount Moresby has a wide range of climate sub-types and environments. The flatland around the mountain is at the seaside and have abundant birdlife (they are within a key migratory route). The lower slopes boast wind-sculpted cedar, pine and western hemlock forests, grading to sub-alpine moorland with stunted mountain hemlocks (and a subpolar oceanic climate) on the higher slopes near the summit.
The mountain and the sounds around it are home to abundant wildlife, such as black bears, whales, orcas, sea lions, and hundreds of thousands of seabirds. There are also invasive Sitka black-tailed deer, porpoises, dolphins, and tidal-zone animals in the area.
Haida Gwaii has four subpopulations of an endangered plant: Oxystegus recurvifolius, endemic to remote islands in the North Pacific. This plant only thrives in extreme oceanic, mediterranean, and maritime subpolar climates with ultra-high precipitation levels.
Climate Mount Moresby has a borderline Cfc (subpolar oceanic) and Cfb (mid-latitude variant) climate. The average high in August is ), and the average low in February and March is , showing extreme ocean moderation. Snow is somewhat common in the winter months (November to March), at 25 days per year on average, but usually doesn't fall in the warm season (May to September). The snowiest month of the year is January, averaging a week of measurable snow (>).
The winter-summer temperature swings of Mount Moresby are extremely oceanic compared to other places at similar latitudes (Goose Bay, Canada; Khabarovsk, Russia), as well as areas slightly farther south (Qiqihar, China; Augusta, Maine), even accounting for the somewhat high elevation.
+Climate data for Mount Moresby, Haida Gwaii, BC, CanadaMonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYearRecord high (°C, °F)Average high °C, °F)Average low (°C, °F)Record low (°C, °F)Average rainfall (mm, in)Average snowy days74510000012525 Source: (MSN)
Natives There are indigenous Canadians (the Haida people) on Moresby Island. A village, called Daajing Giids, of 950 people exists near Mount Moresby. The Haidas live in and around the Mount Moresby area in longhice.
Climbing There is a trail called Mount Moresby Trail that leads up to the summit.
See also San Christoval Range; Mount Moresby is within this sub-range Pacific Cordillera
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