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Mount Backus

Coordinates: 49°26′09″N 114°16′21″W / 49.43583°N 114.27250°W / 49.43583; -114.27250
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Mount Backus
Mount Backus is located in Alberta
Mount Backus
Mount Backus
Location of Mount Amery in Alberta
Mount Backus is located in Canada
Mount Backus
Mount Backus
Mount Backus (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation1,815 m (5,955 ft)[1][2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates49°26′09″N 114°16′21″W / 49.43583°N 114.27250°W / 49.43583; -114.27250[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82G8 Beaver Mines[3]
Geology
Rock typeSedimentary

Mount Backus is a summit in Alberta, Canada.

Mount Backus has the name of a pioneer settler.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Backus". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Backus". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Backus". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.