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Mount Loomis

Coordinates: 50°27′45″N 114°55′11″W / 50.46250°N 114.91972°W / 50.46250; -114.91972
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Mount Loomis
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation2,798 m (9,180 ft)[1][2]
Prominence328 m (1,076 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Bishop (2850 m)[2]
Listing
Coordinates50°27′45″N 114°55′11″W / 50.46250°N 114.91972°W / 50.46250; -114.91972[3]
Geography
Mount Loomis is located in Alberta
Mount Loomis
Mount Loomis
Location in Alberta
Mount Loomis is located in British Columbia
Mount Loomis
Mount Loomis
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeElk Range
Topo mapNTS 82J7 Mount Head[3]

Mount Loomis is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, a Canadian Army general who served in World War I.[1][2][4]

Geology

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Mount Loomis is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Loomis". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Loomis". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Loomis". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Putnam, William Lowell; Laurilla, Roger W. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 154. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  5. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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