Mount Loomis
Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Loomis
Location in Alberta
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Mount Loomis
Location in British Columbia
Show map of British ColumbiaMount 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.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Loomis". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Loomis". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ a b "Mount Loomis". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
External links
- "Mount Loomis". BC Geographical Names.
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