Mosasaur Mountains
 Mosasaur Mountain Range
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| About | |
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| Owner |  SiOtter
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| 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 |
| Map Link | |
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
- Mount Tomato
Mount Tomato is the smallest of the Mosasaur Mountains, it is located near Kanal Town. This peak mountain has 2 peaks and is named after 
SlicedTomato
- Mosasaur Peak
Mount Mosasaur is the namesake of the mountain range. It’s 190m tall and is the tallest and largest mountain in the range with a Ridgeline that stretches to the border of the park with Kanal Town. The peak near Kanal Town is called "Claw Mountain" but is apart of Mosasaur Peaks landmass.
- Dernal Mountain
Dernal Mountain is the namesake mountain for Dernal National Park, its 104m tall and is shaped like a spire. Dernal Mountain has a sub peak on its eastern side.
- Kanal Mountain
Kanal Mountain is a glaciated mountain. It’s 90m but is over 150m long. It has the Crasher Glacier on the western side and the Kanal Glacier on its eastern side. The mountain is named after Kanal Town.
Glaciers
- Crasher Glacier
The Crasher Glacier is the currently only built Glacier in the mountains. Its outflow goes into Dernal Lake. It is named after 
CarCrasher13.
Rivers & Landforms
- Rifty Canyon & River
The Rifty Canyon and River is named after Lake Rifty. The river flows from the base of Dernal Mountain through Overlook Lake, the Old Kanal Town Historic Site, Kanal Town and into Lake Kanal.
- Kanal Valley
The Kanal Valley is the valley much of Kanal Town sits inside, its a U shaped valley made up of moraines and eroded stone foothills. Rifty Canyon and the Rifty River sit inside the Kanal Valley.
- Dernal Valley
The Dernal Valley is a U shaped valley that is accessible via the north end of Kanal Town by the Dernal National Park visitor centre and Oak Dock-B. The Dernal Valley lies between Mount Tomato and Mosasaur Peak.
- Shadow Rock
Shadow rock, named after 
ShadowAuraI is located at the foot of the Crasher Glacier, its a lateral moraine that’s been heavily eroded.
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.