Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station

Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station is a meteorological station in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta and has an elevation of 1,397 metres. Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station is situated nearby to the aerodrome Banff Airport, as well as near the peak Tunnel Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Banff Airport and Tunnel Mountain.

Banff Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.

Tunnel Mountain

Peak

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Tunnel Mountain, also known as Sleeping Buffalo, is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada at the junction of the Spray River with the Bow and overlooking the Hot Springs on Sulphur Mountain. Tunnel Mountain is situated 2½ km south of Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station.

Cascade Mountain

Peak

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Cascade Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park, adjacent to the town of Banff. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after the waterfall or cascade on the southern flanks of the peak. Cascade Mountain is situated 3½ km north of Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banff and Anthracite.

Banff

Photo: Audree, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The town of Banff in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, is the larger of the two populated areas in Banff National Park, about an hour and a half drive west of Calgary and four hours south of Jasper.

Anthracite

Locality

Anthracite is a ghost town located within Banff National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. It is named after the anthracite variety of coal. Anthracite is situated 4 km east of Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station.

Banff Marine Aviation Reporting Station

Type: Meteorological station
Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude

51.2° or 51° 12′ north

Longitude

-115.55° or 115° 33′ west

Elevation

1,397 metres (4,583 feet)

ICAO airport code

CWZG

Open location code

95365FX2+X2

GeoNames ID

6301435

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