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Mount Habel is a 3,073-metre summit in Banff National Park on the Continental Divide between Alberta and British Columbia, in the Waputik Mountains beside the Wapta Icefield. Named in 1986 for German geographer Jean Habel, it honors the first known person to set foot on the Wapta Icefield in 1897, linking his exploration directly to the surrounding landscape. The peak is part of the Canadian Rockies and is formed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to the Jurassic, then thrust eastward over younger layers during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters and mild summers.
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