Mount Lloyd George
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| Mount Lloyd George | |
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  Mount Lloyd George Location in British Columbia | |
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| Interactive map of Mount Lloyd George | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,938 m (9,639 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,208 m (3,963 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Sylvia |
| Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 57°53′44″N 124°59′53″W / 57.895556°N 124.998056°W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Peace River Land District |
| Parent range | |
| Topo map | NTS 94F15 Mount Lloyd George[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 17 July 1947, Noel Odell, Frank Smythe, Henry S. Hall Jr, Rex Gibson, John H. Ross, David Wessel[3][4][5] |
Mount Lloyd George is a 2,938-metre (9,639 ft) peak in British Columbia, Canada, rising to a prominence of 1,208 metres (3,963 ft) above Lloyd George Pass. The mountain is located NE of Haworth Lake in Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park.[6] Its line parent is Mount Sylvia, 37 kilometres (23 mi) away. It is part of the Northern Rocky Mountains.[1]
Lying in the Muskwa Ranges, Mount Lloyd George is a castellated limestone and quartzite peak.[7] The diamictite sedimentary deposits of the mountain, several kilometers thick, date to the late Precambrian and probably have a glacial-marine origin.[8] The age of the diamictite is not certain. It may be associated with either the Toby or the Vreeland formations of the North American Cordillera.[9]
Ice field
The Lloyd George Icefield in 1998 covered over 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi).[10] There is a major concentration of glaciers around the mountain. The icefield is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from north to south and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from east to west, bounded by the Warneford River and the Tuchodi River. The small Llanberis Glacier flows west from the icefield to Hawarth Lake. The larger Kwadacha and Lloyd George glaciers drain the icefield to the east.[11]