Mount Backus
Mount Backus is a summit in Alberta, Canada.
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,815 m (5,955 ft)[1][2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 49°26′09″N 114°16′21″W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82G8 Beaver Mines[3] |
Geology | |
Type of rock | Sedimentary |
Mount Backus has the name of a pioneer settler.[4]
References
- "Mount Backus". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- "Topographic map of Mount Backus". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- "Mount Backus". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.
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