Mount Loomis Explained

Mount Loomis
Elevation M:2798
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:328
Prominence Ref:[2]
Range:Elk Range
Parent Peak:Mount Bishop (2850 m)
Region Type:Provinces
Region:Alberta and British Columbia
Map:Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia
Map Size:200
Label Position:right#left
Coordinates:50.4625°N -114.9197°W
Coordinates Ref:[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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. 806. Mount Loomis. 2021-07-18.
  2. 775. Mount Loomis. 2021-07-18.
  3. IAEUL. Mount Loomis. 2021-07-18.
  4. Book: Boles. Glen W.. Putnam. William Lowell. Laurilla. Roger W.. Canadian Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains. 2006. Rocky Mountain Books. 154. registration. 2016-02-15.