Mosasaur Mountains

Mosasaur Mountain Range
The core mosasaur mountains. (bottom left: Rifty Canyon and River, left: Dernal Mountain, middle: Mosasaur Peak, right: Mount Tomato)
About
Owner	SiOtter
Contributors	N/A (donors listed on park page)
Category	Landscapes
Underground?	Partly
Public?	Yes
Started	April 2017 or May 2018? (need to log-check Mount Tomato)
Completed	Ongoing
Size north to south	~500m?m
Size west to east	~600m?m
Height	255mm
Location
Coordinates	X=-9587 Y=70 Z=1489
Dimension	Overworld
Settlement	Great Lakes Province
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The Mosasaur Mountains is a large mountain range that is located in the Great Lakes Province and within Dernal National Park. The build is an ongoing terraforming project by  SiOtter.

• Note:If you are looking for information about the National Park and Rock Climbing go to the Dernal National Park page.

Build Information

The Mountains

Below is a table with mountain information, height is measured via base-peak prominence rather than Y level circa 2024.

Mountain Name	Built	Height	About
Mount Mosasaur	2018-2022	194m	Mt. Mosasaur is the largest mountain in the range, its snowcapped peak hosts many cirques from former glaciers.
Kanal Mountain	2023	112m	Mt. Kanal is the second largest mountain in the range, its a host to a sheep colony and is straddled by the Crasher Glacier and Kanal Town Glacier on either side of it.
Mount Dernal	2018	106m	Mt. Dernal is Dernal National Parks namesake mountain. It's large and cylindrical shape is similar too many monoliths seen in eroded areas.
Chilliwack Mountain	2024	93m	Mt. Chilliwack is an eroded peak near the town of Chilliwack, one side of it has the Chilliwack Desert and the other has the West Kanal Forest.
Tomato Peak	2017-2018	57m	Tomato Peak is the oldest mountain in the range both build wise and geologically, its highly eroded and has beginner climbs going up it.
Sleepless Mountain	2024	51m	Sleepless Mountain is the smallest in the range, it has a large rounded footprint and a hosts an alpine forest on one of its sides.

Scientific Information

Wildlife

The mountains are home to multiple species. The most prominent species by far though is the Sheep. These animals spawn high up on ridge lines and on ledges, if you see one feel free to say hi and take a photo of it!

Geological History

Once a large glacier covered much of the area known as the Great Lakes Province. The area now known as the Mosasaur Mountains was once one giant mountain named Mosasaur Ingens. This mountain had multiple glaciers which carved out Kanal lake & Valley, Dernal Lake & Valley, Kanal Bowl, Chilliwack valley, and the Chilliwack Desert.

Over the years the glaciers melted and eroded the mountain splitting it into multiple pieces. Remnants of these glaciers still remain but due to climate change and furnace emissions they’re slowly melting away. The remains of these glaciers have made moraines and U shaped valleys within the mountain range.

The mountains are eroded cobblestone peaks, the smooth stone got stripped away over years of rainfall exposing hard cores. These jagged peaks make up the core of the mountains, many of the climbing routes follow cirques, spines, and avalanche cutes in the range.

Climate

The mountains are primarily in a temperate rainforest. This rainforest causes heavy rains to soak the mountains eastern side during the winter, the western side is much dryer, especially nearby Chilliwack which is in a desert.

The average temperature range and precipitation are shown in the table below

Kanal Peak Weather Station Averages

Month	Temperature	precipitation
Janurary	0	690mm
February	1	330mm
March	4	110mm
April	8	90mm
May	14	50mm
June	19	10mm
July	23	3mm
August	24	0mm
September	17	9mm
October	10	85mm
November	3	195mm
December	0	1197mm

Construction

Past Construction

The mountains were a terraforming project started by  SiOtter in 2017(?). The first 2 mountains, Tomato and Dernal were completed in 2018. Work stalled on the unnamed third mountain until it was completed in 2020. In 2021 the third mountain now named Mosasaur Peak was extended with "grand ridge". Following Grand Ridges competition in 2022  SiOtter took a few months break until 2023 when he would build Kanal Mountain, Shadow Rock, and the Crasher Glacier. Alongside this was the modification of the old blocky borders of his 2018 terraforming into a jagged coastline.

Future Plans

Future plans call for an additional 2 glaciers and 3 mountains built. These mountains will be made near Chilliwack and the glaciers made in the central area of the mountain range. Other plans include adding striation and fault lines to the prior made mountains in a tedious refurbishment process, ontop of that multiple mountains require extensive terraforming and vegetation needed as-well as the competition of the Chilliwack Desert. The earliest the build is expected to be "completed" by is January 2025.

FAQ

• Q: why are the mountains all cobblestone?
• A: because when Kanal Town was first made I didn't know about IronReefs, and Kanal Town was about a 10 minute walk away from the nexus so moving materials back and fourth before the road was made it was a time consuming process.

• Q: Why are the mountains shaped the way they are?
• A: Because I am a huge fan of cinder cones and the Ogilvie mountains in the Yukon.

• Q: How long have you been building these?
• A: Too long.

• Q: Are the mountains solid?
• A: No they're all hollow shells, it's easier to maintain them and modify them if they're hollow and I don't have the patience to place any more cobble then I need to at this point.

• Q: Has anybody helped you build them?
• A: No, I have had numerous cobble, dirt, and tool donations but I have solo built all the mountains.

• Q: Are these lavacasts?
• A: No. But they do look like them quite a bit.

• Q: Can you make me a mountain?
• A: Yes! Just contact me with /mail SiOtter

• Q: Do you make any different style mountains?
• A: Yes I do.